How to install Windows 8 Consumer Preview on Oracle virtualbox

Softwares used

Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Download Windows 8 Consumer Preview)
Virtualbox 4.1.8. (Download virtualbox from here)
Windows 7

Windows 8 System requirement:

1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution
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Windows 8 Consumer Preview (beta) released

Windows 8 Consumer Preview (beta) is now available for download.
Note:This is just a preview(beta) and not the final product.

System requirement:

1 GHz or faster processor
1 GB RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
1024 x 768 minimum screen resolution

How to download Windows 8 Consumer Preview?

There are two ways to download this consumer preview.

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