VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application.

That
means it installs on existing Intel or AMD-based computers,
whether they running Windows, Linux, Mac OS, or others
operating systems.
VirtualBox extends the capabilities of your existing computer so
that it can run multiple OSes, inside multiple virtual machines,
at the same time. For example, you can run Windows and Linux
on Mac, or Windows on Linux, or Linux on Windows.

Example of Windows running on Apple Mac OS X computer.

VirtualBox has a feature that allows you to copy and paste
between the host machine and the guest machine. For copy
and paste function to work, first you must install VirtualBox
guest additions. Installing the guest additions will not
automatically allow you to copy and paste between the
machines. To enable that you must allow bidirectional
clipboard on each machine. If the shared isn’t enabled the you
won’t be able to copy and paste between the host and guest
machine. This function comes in handy for example if you enter
a lot of text or data from the host machine to the guest.
First open VirtualBox and select the guest machine, then click
on settings and press Ctrl + S. On the general page, clicked on
Advanced and make sure bidirectional is selected for Shared
Clipboard and also for Drag’n’Drop options.

When you click on the “Maximize” button while running a

VirtualBox, you might expect the application to enter the full-
screen mode. But that is not the case. The window will expand
but you can still see other applications running on the Windows
task bar.
First thing you have to do is to locate the key displayed in the
lower right corner of the VirtualBox window. That is the “Host
Key” and that key usually is the “Ctrl” key on the right side of
the keyboard. With the “Host” key you can enter and exit full-
screen mode in VirtualBox. Press the “Host” key and “F”
simultaneously to enter full-screen mode. Then press the
“View” section and select “Switch to Full-screen”. Again to exit
full-screen press “Host” key and “F” simultaneously.
How do we leave the OS window installed in VirtualBox?
For window border click “Close” on the VirtualBox machine,
and make sure that you aren’t in full-screen or Seamless mode.
Ensure that all of your work is saved before closing VirtualBox
because VirtualBox will not automatically save it. Then click
“Power Off” on the pop-up window to halt the running virtual
session immediately, or you can click “Send the Shutdown
Signal” to end all running processes. Click “Close” on the
VirtualBox window border to close VirtualBox or click “File” and
select “Quit” in the drop-down menu.
GUEST OS
First click the “Start” button within a Windows virtual desktop,
or in a Linux virtual desktop and click “Logout”. Click
“Shutdown” in the resulting Windows or Linux menu to send
the shutdown signal to the system and to power off the virtual
machine. Next, click “Close” on the VirtualBox window or click
“File” and the click “Quit”.
GUEST ADDITIONS
You need to press the “Host Key” and “F” to exit full-screen
mode. The “Host Key” it the right “Ctrl” key on the keyboard.
Click “Close” on the Virtual Machine window border to close
the virtual machine, and then close the VirtualBox Manager
window to exit VirtualBox.
2. I’m installing Ubuntu, version 20.04.1. The recommended
requirements are: 2 GHz dual core processor or better, 4 GB
system memory, 25 GB of free hard drive space, Internet access
is helpful, either a DVD or a USB port for the installer media.
Minimum Requirements and Restrictions for Ubuntu:
To install Ubuntu on VirtualBox first yoi need to visit the
Ubuntu download page, download the ISO image on the host
computer where you have installed Virtualbox. After the
download process is finished you can boot the guest machine
from it. The minimum recommended system requirements for
Ubuntu are:
 2 GHz dual core processor or better
 4 GB system memory
 25 GB of free hard drive space
 Either a DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
 Internet access is helpful.
The minimum system requirements for Windows 7 Professional
are:
 1 GHz or faster 32-bit or 64-bit processor
 1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
 DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
  Internet Access
The minimum recommended system requirements for Android
x86 are:
 A Linux or Mac OS system (if you are running Linux in a
virtual machine, you need at least 16GB of RAM and
100GB or more of disk space)
 A 64-bit environment for newer versions, and 32-bit for
older versions.
 At least 100 GB of free disk space.

To install Android on Virtual Box

The first step to installing Android on VirtualBox is to download
and install VirtualBox. Then you will need to acquire an android
ISO formatted disk image. Once you get all of this done, then
open VirtualBox and click “New” to create a new VirtualBox
machine. You will need to configure a name and file location,
set the type to “Other” and the version to “Other/Unknown
(64-bit)” or (32-bit) if you downloaded a 32-bit ISO.
Next is to configure the amount of memory (RAM) that the VM
is allocated. The absolute minimum that you should allocate is
2 GB, but somewhere between 6 and 8GB of RAM is
recommended.
Next step is to make a new virtual hard drive for your virtual
machine. Next click “dynamically allocated”. Finally, configure
where on your hard drive you want to save the new virtual
drive and how big you hard drive you need. The VirtualBox
machine will now show up in your list of machines.

To install Ubuntu on VirtualBox

The first step is to go to the Ubuntu website and download the
Ubuntu disk image. Next, open the VirtualBox application and
click “New”, a pop-up menu will open. Enter the name of you
virtual machine and choose the type and version. Then press
“Next”. The next window is for memory size, click and drag the
slider left or right to decrease or increase the amount of RAM
that VirtualBox will have available for your Ubuntu virtual
machine. Click the “Next” button. The next stage is to create
your virtual machine’s virtual hard drive. The virtual hard drive
is a section of your computer’s hard drive space which will be
used to store your virtual machine’s files and programs. Click
“Create” and then “Next”, select the amount of space to use
and press “Create”.

Double-click your virtual machine’s name. Click the folder-

shaped icon and a new window will open in which you can
select the Ubuntu ISO will open. Select the ISO file and click
open. Next click “Start” and Ubuntu will begin running, click
“Install Ubuntu”, check boxes on the “Preparing to install
Ubuntu page and click “continue”. On the next window click
“Erase disk and install Ubuntu” box, and click “Install Now”.
Click continue when prompted. This confirms that you
understand that the virtual machine’s virtual drive will be
“erased” and after that the installation process begins. Next
you need to select a time zone and after that you will need to
make an account. Then you need to wait for the installation to
finish and after that reset the virtual machine and log into your
computer.

Install Windows 7 in VirtualBox

Before you get going with the Windows 7 installation, you need
to download and install VirtualBox. Once you have done all that
open VirtualBox and click “New” a window will pop out and you
will need to give your machine a name then choose a type and
a version.
Next, decide how much memory to allocate the virtual
machine, this depends on the host system as well as what you
use Windows 7 for. Next, in the bottom panel, select “Create a
virtual hard disk now”, then “Create”. Before hitting “Start” you
will need to configure some settings. After configurating the
settings you are ready to boot your Windows 7. On the next
page, select “Custom”, then select the virtual disk image drive
created earlier and the Windows 7 installation process will
start. Windows 7 will restart a few times during the installation
process. The final step is to install the VirtualBox Guest
Additions ISO. Head to “Devices” and click “Insert Guest
Additions CD Image”, then select “Start Menu” and
“Computer”. Open the Guest Additions CD Image, then run
VBoxWindowsAdditions. Install the guest additions and after
that reboot.
4. Before you enable “Shared Folders” on the host machine,
first you have to install “Guest Additions”. When the “Guest
Additions” installation it’s done, you need to click on “Devices”
and then “Shared folder” > “Shared folder settings”. A window
will pop up then select “Machine Folders” and click the blue
“add button”. Then browse the folder you wish to access from
the guest machine. Check the “auto-mount” and “Make
Permanent” button and then click OK, and after that click the
OK button again, and you are all set.

FROM HOST TO GUEST

To share a blank Word Document I enabled the “Share Folder”
settings then opened the kjovceska folder.
After that I opened the Desktop folder and copied the blank
Word Document, and pasted in the guest machine.

FROM GUEST TO HOST

To copy a blank word document from guest to host, first I
created a blank document on Ubuntu, then copied and open
the sf_Desktop folder and pasted it in. After that the blank
Word document appeared on my host machine’s desktop.
5. To clone a OS on VirtualBox first you need to right-click the
OS in VirtualBox and then click “Clone”.
A window will pop up and you will need to write a name, and
choose a path for the Virtual machine clone.
Click “Next” and then choose “Full Clone” to make an exact
copy of your virtual machine, and finally click “Clone”.