In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can native boot from a virtual hard disk without a hypervisor In response to my posts about managing multiboot with Windows 7 and Linux, Microsoft IT Pro ...

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Some of you seem confused about how Windows 7 goes about supporting .VHD files as used by Virtual PC, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Here's a quick how-to work with .VHD files in Windows 7. OK, ...

I recently bought a new second-hand computer that came with a 1TB drive and no OS, and realized that I could install Windows 7 on my SSD, but alas, it is tiny. Only 32GB. I bought it when it was the ...

As long as pre-7 systems can't be booted via VHD, I suspect the VHD booting is going to be of fairly limited use now outside of testing & software development. Years from now, this feature will be ...

First of all, create a folder to create VHD (virtual disk) on a drive with more than 50 GB of free space. This time, I created a folder named "VHD" on drive D. Right-click "Computer" in the start menu ...

We have seen how to create and set up a new VHD or VHDX File. Now in this post, we will show you how to: Mount VHD or VHDX file via File Explorer Mount VHD or VHDX file via Disk Management Unmount VHD ...

The new OS will let users open and view the contents of ISO and VHD files, tasks that previously required third-party utilities. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a former ...