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How to Install Android on Your PC

Mark Wilson on July 16th 2013

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It usd to ! th %as that PC usrs had th %hoi% o& installin' Windows or, i& thy wr&lin' ad"nturous, a "rsion o& (inu#) *his is still tru, !ut it is now also +ossi!l to

install - . without ownin' a Ma% and "irtuali$ation /ans that you %an do all o& this

alon'sid your /ain o+ratin' syst/ in a "irtual %o/+utr)

*his !in' Android)A++-tor/, you /ay wll wondr what "irtuali$ation has to do with

your +hon or ta!lt) Wll, how would you &l a!out th %han% o& installin' and runnin'

Android on your PC sin' a &r %o+y o& irtualo# and th in&or/ation in this 'uid,

you %an run a &ully &un%tionin' 4 and l'al 4 "rsion o& Jlly an on your %o/+utr)

(ik th arti%l You should su!s%ri! and &ollow us on twittr)

I& th !low +ro%ss dosn5t work &or you, +las %h%k this othr si/+lr7 /thod to

/ulat Android on your PC with 8nyMotion)

It5s a -i/+l Pro%ss

9irst, you5ll nd to 'ra! yoursl& a %o+y o& irtualo#) *his +owr&ul "irtuali$ation utility

%an ! usd to install a s%ond o+ratin' syst/ alon'sid your +ri/ary on, and whil

this usually /ans runnin' a s%ond %o+y o& Windows or tryin' out !untu, thr5s no

rason why you shouldn5t ! a!l install a /o!il o+ratin' syst/ as wll)


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Android /ay ha" !n dsi'nd &or your +hon and ta!lt , !ut that dosn5t /an it

nds to stay thr)

Android /ay ha" !n dsi'nd &or your +hon and ta!lt , !ut that dosn5t /an it

nds to stay thr)

n% you ha" th "irtuali$ation so&twar u+ and runnin', you5ll nd to 't hold o& a

%o+y o& Jlly an to install) *his dos not /an that you nd to o!tain an illi%it %o+y o&

th o+ratin' syst/ &ro/ an untrustworthy w!sit, or ri+ a %o+y o& your +hon5s :M

4 it is a%tually &rly a"aila!l)

-t+ 1; 8ra! an Android :M

*hr ar "arious "rsions o& Android a"aila!l &or download, !ut it /aks sns to work

with th /ost r%nt "rsion 4 Jlly an) Had o"r to th Android


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irtualo# %an ! usd to install a s%ond o+ratin' syst/ on your %o/+utr, in%ludin'

Android)

n% downloadd, run throu'h th installation o& th +ro'ra/ 4 just a%%+t all o& th

d&ault o+tions) ?on5t ! %on%rnd whn you5r askd to install a nw ntwork ada+tor

as this is +art i& th usual installation +ro%ss)

A "irtual ntwork ada+tor will ! installd !y irtualo# to allow "irtual /a%hins to 't

onlin)

A "irtual ntwork ada+tor will ! installd !y irtualo# to allow "irtual /a%hins to 't

onlin)

n% installation is %o/+lt, laun%h irtualo# and you5r rady to /o" to th n#t

sta')

-t+ 3; Crat a irtual Ma%hin

You5ll nd to start !y %ratin' a nw "irtual /a%hin onto whi%h you will install Android)

Cli%k th @w !utton) @a/ th "irtual /a%hin what"r you lik, and as Android is!asd on (inu#7 sl%t (inu# &ro/ th &irst dro+ down /nu) 9ro/ th rsion /nu

sl%t thr (inu# and thn %li%k @#t)

Android is a (inu#

irtualo#)

Mo" th //ory slidr to th ri'ht so that 12M or /or o& :AM is st asid &or

irtualo# and %li%k @#t) Mak sur that th Crat a "irtual hard dri" now o+tion is

sl%td and %li%k Crat) -l%t ?I, %li%k @#t and thn sl%t th 9i#d si$ o+tion

!&or %li%kin' @#t)


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You %an thn us th slidr to %hoos how lar' a disk should ! assi'nd to th "irtual

/a%hin, and you %an us th &oldr !utton to %hoos whr it should ! stord) Cli%k

Crat whn you5" %on&i'urd your sttin's B it /i'ht tak a &w /inuts &or th "irtual

disk to ! %ratd)

Your "irtual Android d"i% %an ! assi'nd a dri" %a+a%ity o& your %hoi%


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#+rin%)

Android %an ! run without installation, !ut o+tin' to install +ro"ids a !ttr, &astr

#+rin%)

@ow you will nd to %on&i'ur th "irtual hard dri" so that thr is so/whr to install

Android to) -l%t th CratEModi&y Partition o+tion and +rss Dntr)

-l%t @w at th !otto/ o& th s%rn and +rss Dntr, and thn sl%t th Pri/ary

o+tion !&or +rssin' Dntr a'ain) Prss Dntr to %rat a +artition that o%%u+is your

ntir "irtual dri")

Con&i'urin' hard dri"s &or Android /ay s/ %o/+l#, !ut it taks just a &w /o/nts)

Con&i'urin' hard dri"s &or Android /ay s/ %o/+l#, !ut it taks just a &w /o/nts)

@ow sl%t th oota!l o+tion and +rss Dntr, sl%t Writ and +rss Dntr, and thn

ty+ th word ys !&or +rssin' Dntr on% a'ain) -l%t uit, %hoos th +artition

you5" just %ratd and +rss Dntr)

Whn +ro/+td, sl%t th o+tion to us th #t3 &il syst/ and sl%t Ys to %on&ir/

your %hoi%) *h 8: !ootloadr taks %ar o& laun%hin' Android, so sl%t Ys to

install it and thn sl%t Ys a'ain to /ak th Esyst/ dir%tory writa!l)

*h %orr%t dri" &or/at /ust ! sl%td &or Android to work +ro+rly, so tak %ar

durin' %on&i'uration)

*h %orr%t dri" &or/at /ust ! sl%td &or Android to work +ro+rly, so tak %ardurin' %on&i'uration)

It won5t ! lon' !&or Android !oots, and at this +oint you should r/o" th "irtual C?

&ro/ th dri") Cli%k th ?"i%s /nu and sl%t C?E?? ?"i%s &ollowd !y :/o"

disk &ro/ "irtual dri")


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