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How To: Run Android on Windows 7 [No Live CD Required]

on 23 November at 12:35 am

Editor’s Update:

A new download for Windows 7 called BlueStacks App Player can also allow you to run your Android Apps on Windows 7. Find out more here.

You love Android, I know! Every geek does! But not every geek has money to buy a Cliq. So why don’t you run Android on Ubuntu? Don’t have Ubuntu even? No problem! No need to go for it!

When gggadgets.com is around, you don’t need to worry! What about running Android on top of Windows 7? Cool eh?!

So let’s start!

Step by Step Guide to Install Android on Windows 7:

1. Boot into Windows 7.
2. Open the browser and head to http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
3. Download and install VirtualBox for Windows hosts.
4. Go to http://code.google.com/p/live-android/downloads/list
5. Download the latest version of LiveAndroid.iso
6. Open VirtualBox.
7. Click on “New” on the left side pane and proceed in the new sub-window.
8. Enter “Android” as the OS name.
9. Select “Other” as operating system and “Other/Unknown” as the version.

Android on windows 7

Android on windows 7

10. Assign 128MB of memory after proceeding to the next screen.
11. Select “Boot Hard Disk” and then “Create new disk”.
12. Choose whatever you like in the next screens unless the wizard ends. Then click “Finish” to close the wizard window.
13.  In VirtualBox’s main window, select “Android” from the left side pan and click “Start”.
14. “First Run Wizard” will start.
15. Proceed and select “CD/DVD ROM” as media type.
16. Select “Image file” as media source.

Android on Windows 7

Android on Windows 7

17. Click on the browse button to open a new window.
18. Click “Add” at the top and select the LiveAndroid.iso file which you downloaded in step 5.
19. LiveAndroid.iso has been added to the list, select it and press the “Select” button at the bottom.

Android on Windows 7

Android on Windows 7

20.  Proceed and finish.
21. Viola! You have booted into Android!

Android on Windows 7

Android on Windows 7

33. You don’t need to follow all of these steps every time you want to run Android. Just select Android from the VirtualBox’s main window and that’s all.
22. Enjoy and don’t forget to share this post.

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  • nvingo

    go to http://www.mediafire.com/?b5pd73u2q57g58f for the single .ISO for v0.3

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  • iamawesome

    I followed all of the steps and they worked untill I started the machine. I had a little trouble with the first run setup saying that the version was not supported. I got that fixed (I think) and then when it tried to start the machine it said: FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted. Can anyone help me?

  • http://www.imamtb.com imamtb

    hey, nice share
    thankyou

  • Samonaske

    can i use internet for this android application?

  • Hani

    it is working very fine…
    this topic gave me the chance to use Android
    thanks

  • Tiz

    Thanks for your share . If i do this , can play android games on win 7?

  • http://genius.com Genius

    Replay to @ben

    Yes it will still work all as normal.

  • ben

    hi will my windows 7 64bit programs work still

  • shahid

    When i launched the android sdk installer in windows xp. The progress is zero and i m waiting for two hours to finish the installation.

    Is not it funny?

  • gDRAGON

    How much time does it take to boot the ANDROID?
    It’s the black screen since 30 mins.
    PLEASE HELP !!

    • andrew

      Hey gDRAGON, looks like there is a problem there, it should not take too long. Not over a minute.

  • gDRAGON

    How much time does it take to boot the ANDROID?
    It’s the black screen since 30 mins.

  • tyler

    can you switch back to windows 7 when you want ?
    does this affect your files ?

    • andrew

      Dude, it’s just a virtual machine, which means, it will run as any other app on your windows machine.
      What happens is a VIRTUAL MACHINE is created with Android as it’s OS within your Windows 7, this will not affect any of your files and it’s safe.

  • Joshua

    Looks like the ISO files may have been corrupted, I’ll re-download and try again tomorrow.

  • Joshua

    After I joined the files and tried to run the OS it VirtualBox gave me this error:

    Failed to open the CD/DVD image C:\ (lists location)

    Could not open the medium ‘C:\…’

    VD: error VERR_VD_RAW_INVALID_HEADER opening image file ‘C:\…’
    (VERR_VD_RAW_INVALID_HEADER).

    What did I do wrong?

  • Bo

    So i follow these steps and when I go to run at the end I get a message inside the vrtual machine that says “no bootable media found. System Halted”.

    Windows 7

    • Bo

      Had to join the liveandroid.iso 1 and 2 files

      • iamawesome

        How? I have the same problem.

  • Kees

    Does your machine start up in wondows 7 if you do not choose Android from the VirtualBox’s next time you start up?

  • djratio

    can i use it to make calls

  • noob

    i don’t have internet connection when i tried the browser…

  • http://hd2fansite.com Izzy

    THANKS! A-LOT man it worked GREAT!

  • ray

    i tried to follow this step by step and when i get to step 6 it says sorry, this video cannot be played. what do i do now

  • John

    When it Captures my mouse it makes the pointer disappear and i have no way of doing anything with this……How do I get my mouse to work in Android with this

    • waqas

      click right control button; this enables to switch virtual machines mouse pointer and pc mouse pointer

  • Nirupam

    Hey Owaeis,
    Does the same work with Windows XP as I am currently using that?

    • andrew

      It should work just as fine, make sure you get the right version of virtualbox for that.

  • DJ LAU

    Hi thx for the guide. I wonder how to install those apps into this virtualBox Android?

  • Anirban Ghatak

    Hey Owaeis I am completely new to android but very much interested about this. I haev experiance on .net(C#,VB asp.net),c,c++ programming can u please tell me how could I start with this Android thing? And I dont haev any touch screen device so is it must to haev a touch Screen Device to start with android programming?

  • William

    Thanks Owaeis, your guide works and I have just installed Android on my new pc – it works!
    What doesn’t work though (and that is a bummer) is my touchscreen. I use a Packard Bell Butterfly Touch, and the Android OS responds to the touchscreen – but wrongly: it always misplaces the cursor, while the guest OS (Windows 7) locates my touches on the correct spot.
    Any idea how I can solve this?
    Tx!
    William

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  • http://segmentnext.com Zawad Iftikhar

    Nice Nice,Surely gonna try it :P expect few noob questions soon :)

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