How to record screen while installing Windows?

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Besides recording the screen with an actual camera what are the options to make, for example, a Windows installation video tutorial?

score 62 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 27 '13 at 09:56

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You can install Windows in a VM and record it with a screencapture-tool. (For example use Virtual Box to install windows)

VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use.

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score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '13 at 12:19

An option is to use a second PC that has a video capture card installed. There are a few out there if you search that will let you input and record from computer sources like DVI or VGA.

You take your first pc video out connect that to a video splitter so you can run that video to a monitor and also the video capture card on the second pc.

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 08 '13 at 18:05

You can not do it inside the screen. But you have two ways:

Use the camera (Not recommended)
Use a Virutal Machine

I recommend the second way. You can use a virtual software like VirtualBox (Freeware) or VMWare.
You can make a virtual operation system and install your windows inside it. During the installation, you can record the screen.
The virtual machine will run in your OS into a SandBox, so it won't touch your OS files until you want.

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 13 '13 at 15:00

Only personal choice, I would use VM Player + CamStudio, which give me best experience on produce some installation video.

https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/free#desktop_end_user_computing/vmware_player/6_0|PLAYER-600-A|product_downloads

http://camstudio.org

How to record screen while installing Windows?

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