Even the easiest method, Live USB, isn't trivial.

Go for Virtual machine if you're interested in practicing Penetration Testing.

Live USB is the easiest, go for it first.

There are only a few minor difference across the various releases, and their install instructions, but when you're doing it for the first time, these minor differences are important.

Consult tutorials for your precise versions of software (how to install Kali Rolling alongside Window 10), not simply Kali alongside Windows.

Both has their own advantages and disadvantages.

Make sure not to limit yourself to just written tutorials, or just YouTube videos.Make sure to read the official documentation.There are thousands of guides for installing Kali, and there's no 'best' guide.

Consult multiple resources before doing anything.Hence, the installer also acts as the installed software. It will not touch your hard disk, and everything will run directly on your primary memory (RAM). You can take the ISO, burn it to a DVD drive, and 'live boot' it. Upon installation, you can run Windows.īut with some Linux distributions, we have the ability to run the OS without installation(live boot). If you plug in a Windows installation CD/DVD/USB into your computer, it will do what the name says, install Windows on your computer. This is true for operating systems as well. When you run that, you can't yet play the game, and you instead need to install it on your hard disk, after which it can be played.

Suppose it has a setup.exe file on the CD drive you bought. In general, for most software, there is 'an installer', and after the installer finishes it's job, we have the software installed and then can use it. Turns out, you don't even have to install the OS. However, remember how I said install the OS on the USB flash drive.

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