How to install Microsoft Windows 10 on a Chromebook and keep ChromeOS as the main Operating System

In this step-by-step guide, I will show you how to install Microsoft Windows 10 on your Chromebook computer. The days of ChromeOS being limited are over and you can now do most things using ChromeOS.

However, there may be a particular reason why you want to install MS Windows on your ChromeOS computer. If this is something you would like to do this guide will help.

This way of installing Microsoft Windows still keeps ChromeOS on your Chromebook. Therefore, you will have access to both ChromeOS as normal and you can access Windows 10 using a Virtual Machine.

You'll need a pretty powerful Chromebook for this to work. Ideally with a minimum of 8GB of RAM and at least 64GB of storage. An Intel i5 processor or higher is recommended.

This is a step-by-step guide and therefore you need to follow the video completely to ensure Windows 10 installs correctly on your Chromebook. We'll come up against errors and we will go through those errors in the video and how to fix them.

PLEASE NOTE: In this video, I suggest installing Windows 10 Home. Since then I've realised it's probably best to install Windows 10 Pro. This is because it will make installing older programs inside Windows easier if you come up against issues around Windows blocking you from installing certain programs. You can still use this video, and when I choose Windows 10 Home in the drop-down list, simply change this to Windows 10 Pro. Everything else stays the same.

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[kelvinTakyi-yt]

can i use 10 gb storage for the windows

[simtech]

Hello I will be very glad if you could answer me...I have followed all the steps got to 9:59 where we will click forward after choosing the windows file we downloaded but when i click forward a message pops up like " Can't find the operating system you are looking for? Try selecting the next most recent version displayed, or use the generic entry😢

[MtmgxOafSavage]

tht shit doesnt work for me is it my computer? i have the accer chromebook 315

[bonelessChillies]

1. sudo apt update
2. sudo apt upgrade
3. sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils virtinst libvirt-daemon virt-manager -y

[The_big_jeremyGrindle]

hey the virtual machine isnt working for me for some reason is their a way around that

[justinn]

With the virtual machine I selected the file but it said you must select an os???

[tatumnmiller]

it didint let me get the virtuel machine

[pyrobyte]

Still saying unable to complete install even after the fix you did from Reddit any help please

[auroradalsoglio]

My chromebook came up with an error "Unable to complete install: "Failed to chown devide /dev/urandom: Operation non permitted" what can I do?

[MrAlex]

I got acre 515 you no need to do something with writing protection because I try you way and it’s still coming up with that error message on virtual machine

[ChatAutomations]

does this effect the internet speed? since its a virtual machine? I cloud game with my chrome acer 516. there is a windows software i need to configure a ps5 dual sense controller additional trigger/paddles. what was the performance be like if i ran Geforce Now through windows browser

[TheJanep]

Still getting the error message and won't install. Any ideas?

[KatekyoKen]

I don't have the penguin option on terminal it just says Linux ''Visit Developer options to manage Linux'' and ''Set Up'' with an arrow?

[orangesoda]

I had an issue when I used nano where it didn't show the root group and owner at the bottom of the file, any ideas on what I should do?

[SegorErskine]

Hi thanks for the video, so I tried to install windows 10 step by step with your instruction on my Acer Chromebook Spin 513, and in the final step of instalation it says

(Unable to complete install: internal error:
process exited while connecting to monitor: 2023-02-2321:26:01.920911Z qemu-system-aarch64: Expected key=value format, found h_relaxed!)

So what I must do with that error?

[kennethchan]

I am having this issue Unable to complete install: 'Failed to chown device /dev/urandom: Operation not permitted' please advice on what to do

[leopredngalot]

isn't working for me and it say "No bootable device"

[MLT-]

Every time I try to save it they give me a error after i click enter to save the name

[reptarkRex]

When i get to the thing after you need to put the root and stuff, i restart my chromebook and it shows up with a similar error message.

[wongwwy]

Hi, I tried the whole steps, and I am all ok until after the creation of the VM. It have that white cursor, and then I see the windows logo (light blue), but it just hang there. I did not see the spinning white dots underneath, and sometime I see 1 or 2 dots, but they are not moving. I never get to see the next screen about you choosing language, etc. I've waited for hours just to see if it goes thru, but It doesn't. I am using Acer Spin14 (CP514-1H) which is not very powerful, but I just want to try it. How should I get past the windows logo screen to the rest of the installation? Thanks!