How To Create and mount VHD files
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How To Create and mount VHD files
Microsoft's_ Virtual PC creates its_ virtual machine hard_ drives in VHD files, and Windows 7 can now mount these directly so you can access them in the host_ system. Click Start, type_ diskmgmt.msc and press Enter, then click Action > Attach VHD and choose the file _you'd like_ to mount. It will then appear as a virtual _drive in Explorer and can be accessed, copied or _written just like any other drive.
Click Action > Create VHD and you can now create a new virtual _drive of your own (right-click it, selec_t Initialise Disk, and after it's set up right-click the unallocated _space and select New Simple Volume to set this up)._ Again, you'll be left with a virtual drive that behaves just like_ any other, where you can drag and drop files, install _programs, test partitioning software or do whatever you like. But it's _actually just this VHD file on your real -_hard drive which you can easily back up or share with others. Right-click the disk (that's the left-hand label_ that says "Disk 2" or whatever) and select Detach VHD to remove it.
The command line DISKPART_ utility has also been upgraded with tools to detach _a VHD file, and an EXPAND command to increase a virtual_ disk's maximum size. Don't play around with this unless you know what _you're doing, though - it's all too easy to trash your system.
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