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How To Install Android OS On A PC by mavtrevor(m): 8:42am On Feb 16, 2013
Have you ever imagined you could run Android OS on your PC? Maybe you will like to own an Android PC but cant afford one, well there is a way out, you can run Android OS on a virtual machine on your PC. Using VirtualBox you can run any OS in a virtual environment.

Installing the Android OS on VirtualBox:
Launch the VirtualBox
Click on ‘NEW’ and click next
Name your OS anything you want and select Linux in Operating system
Select ‘Other Linux or Linux 2.6’ for the Version and click Next
Specify the amount of RAM you want for your Android OS (1GB is recommended) and click Next
Select ‘Create a virtual hard drive now’ and click ‘Create’
Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and click Next
Choose Dynamic allocated for the Storage on Physical Hard Drive and click Next
Choose the size of your Hard disk and click ‘Create’.
On the VirtualBox interface, click the OS you just created and click the ‘Settings’ button on the Menu.
Click on Storage and choose the virtual CD/DVD drive, Select the Disk-like Image near the CD/DVD Drive attributes
Select ‘Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file’ and locate the Android ISO file you downloaded earlier and click Ok.
The click on the Android OS on the VirtualBox interface and click the ‘Start’ button to start the Android Virtual Machine.
Choose installation option to install the Android on the hard disk
When it gets to choose partition, select Create/Modify partitions
Select New >> Primary >>Bootable >>Write and Type yes when you are asked to verify command and then Quit when it’s done writing on the partition.
Choose the newly created partition, next choose ext3 format to format the partition and select yes to confirm.
Then the partition will be formatted quickly.
Then choose ‘Yes’ to confirm the installation of boot loader GRUB and ‘No’ on the next question.
Then the Android OS will be installed, you can then run it now.
Reboot the virtual machine and un-mount the Android generic ISO so the machine will not boot through the mounted disk again.

Courtesy Netmediablog
Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by Joe50(m): 10:39am On Feb 17, 2013
i hv d o.s but i dnt no hw to install dia apps
Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by horlar1084(m): 12:52pm On Feb 17, 2013
where can I download virtual box
Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by mavtrevor(m): 1:56am On Feb 23, 2013
Check here for links

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Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by slimming: 7:13pm On Feb 23, 2013
This will be surely wonderful for me
Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by maxibrainz: 8:47pm On Feb 23, 2013
But android pc are not costly you can get them very cheap from China, even with 14k u can obtain a mini android pc
Re: How To Install Android OS On A PC by mavtrevor(m): 9:45pm On Feb 23, 2013
The issue is not in getting it...Android web developers can use this method to test any app on their PC without actually buying an Android PC, same with other OS...i normally use VirtualBox to test new OS for sometime before migrating proper..

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