The advised maximum limit is 60 GB, which is okay. Tip: If you don’t have a lot of RAM and CPU to spare, I’d advise you to go with the 32-bit variant.Ĭhoose a name for your Virtual Machine as well as a location where it will be stored. You’ll have the option to pick between 32 and 64-bit versions of Windows OS. If VMware doesn’t automatically detect the OS from the ISO, you’ll need to select it manually. If you don’t have one, here’s how to get it. You will now need to show VMWare the path to your Windows 10 ISO. If you’re feeling fancy and really want to tweak the parameters, you can pick a Custom one, but we won’t be going through a full Custom setup in this tutorial.

Start by opening VMware and selecting “Create a New Virtual Machine” Installation media for Windows 10 (ISO or DVD).Installed and fully working VMware Workstation 11 (which provides a free 30-day trial).Using a VM is also a good way to test out older software and ensure it will work in Windows 10. Start VMware Workstation: Instead of 'Hard Disk (NVME)' you should see 'Hard Disk (SATA)' nowĥ.Note that VMware products are more geared toward business, but you do get a 30-day free trial for VMware Workstation and it’s intuitive, which makes setting up a VM easy. One SATA CD/DVD-Drive installed as sata0:1ĥ. Hyper-V + Windows-Hypervisor-Platform enabled Perhaps the Vmware developers can have a closer look at it. If the bug is on the Microsoft or the Vmware side - I don't know. Apparently there seems to be a conflict between the vmware nvme driver for x86 windows 10 machines and the update KB5022282.

Windows 10 x64 vmware workstation