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The fact that you can make vhd files a mounted drive and you can actually boot off of them is a huge feature here at work. majortom1029

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It even mounts Vista Complete Backup vhd files too.

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For virtual computers, the .vhd file format has become a de facto standard for deploying and interchanging preconfigured operating systems and applications.

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Walk through the wizard to create a new virtual machine but when prompted to create a new drive or select and existing drive, pick select an existing drive and point it to your .vhd file.

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Note in the screenshot below I also converted the vhd to a vmdk.

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Note in the screenshot below I also converted the vhd to a vmdk.

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Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2 supports two important updates concerning .vhd files.

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Here are the details about the current deployment:Image ericgolbase.vhd belongs to an affinity group named ff338672-edb1-42ac-b996-c76d9caae20e, which is in location constraint North Central US.Hosted service office365 is not in an affinity group.

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Next, move the vhd file to a location where it can be accessed by your Hyper-V instance.

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