Documentation - Virtual Machines
In order to be sure that your new installation will work and that everything will be set as expected, you can use one of these tools to install it virtually before burning on media. Just create the ISO and load it into their virtual CD/DVD drive.
- VirtualBox (free)
- VMWare Player (free)
- VMWare Workstation (not free)
- Virtual PC (free)
- Parallels (not free)