You can use Hyper-V on Windows 10 to create virtual machines. Hyper-V is virtualization software from Microsoft. You can install a Hyper-V virtual machine on Windows 10 by following these steps:
1. Open Hyper-V Manager, you can press the Windows key and type "Hyper-V Manager". If there is no Hyper-V option, you can find the Hyper-V manager in Control Panel->Programs->Programs and Features->Enable or Disable Windows Features>Check Hyper-V, then restart the computer and search for it. .
2. In Hyper-V Manager, click Actions > New > Virtual Machine to open the New Virtual Machine wizard.
3. Review the "Before You Begin" content and click Next.
4. Name the virtual machine. Note: This is the name Hyper-V uses for the virtual machine, not the computer name of the guest operating system deployed inside the virtual machine.
5. Select a location to store the virtual machine files, for example c:\virtualmachine. You can also accept the default location. Click Next when finished.
6. Select a build for the machine and click Next. Introduced with Windows Server 2012 R2, Generation 2 virtual machines provide a simplified virtual hardware model and some additional features. You can only install 64-bit operating systems on Generation 2 virtual machines.
7. For the Startup memory value, choose 2048 MB and leave Use dynamic memory selected. Click the "Next" button.
8. In the Configure Network Wizard, select a virtual switch for the virtual machine and click "Next". Here I choose WSL, choose whatever you want.
9. Name the virtual hard disk, select a location or keep the default value, and finally specify the size (allocated according to your computer). Click Next when ready.
10. In the installation option wizard, choose to install the operating system from a bootable image file, and then select the operating system.iso file. The iso file can be downloaded from the official website according to your own system.
11. Go to the Windows official website and click Download Tool Now.
12. After downloading the tool, we double-click to run the installation (PS: it cannot be installed here, you may need to learn to use Internet tools). Click to accept.
13. Select Create installation media (USB stick, DVD, or ISO file) for another computer and click Next.
14. Check the recommended option for this computer, of course, you can not check it, you can choose the appropriate one yourself. Then click Next.
15. Because a virtual machine is to be used here, select the ISO file here. If you want to use a USB flash drive, you can select a USB flash drive, and then click Next.
16. Select an appropriate file location for placing the generated system files, and then click Save.
17. Then start to download the system files. According to the personal network conditions, the download speed will also be affected.
18. Waiting...
19. The system file download is complete, click Finish.
20. Next, you need to wait for a few minutes, and the cleanup of the installer needs to be completed.
21. After waiting for the cleaning to complete, we click Browse, and we can see that the system files have actually been downloaded. Click Next.
22. You can see that the installation has been completed, just click Finish.
23. You can see that the virtual machine has appeared.
24. Click Start to start the virtual machine.
25. Then click the connection in the lower right corner to enter the virtual machine interface. Click the Restart now button, restart or restore if there is a problem.
26. Enter the following interface, click Next.
27. Next click Install Now.
28. Click I don't have a product key.
29. Select Windows 10 Home Edition.
30. Select: I accept the license terms and click Next.
31. Choose according to your own situation here, I choose the second one.
32. Click Next.
33. Next, wait quietly for the installation.
34. Choose our motherland, the People's Republic of China. Then click Yes.
35. Select Microsoft Pinyin, click Yes
36. Next, just connect to the Internet, click Connect Now.
37. Enter the account number, password, and confirm the password again.
38. Select three questions, then click Accept -> Accept.
39. Everything is about to be ready, finally installed, let's start
40. Don't worry, just wait a few more minutes.
41. Then it's over, and you can use the virtual machine happily.
In addition to Hyper-V, there are other good virtualization software options, such as VMware Workstation Player and VirtualBox.