Create Bootable VHD Virtual Hard Disk by Britec
Create Bootable VHD Virtual Hard Disk by Britec
VHD Virtual hard disk acts like a hard disk. You can create a VHD from either the Disk Management or from the command line using diskpart. In this video I will show you how to create a vhd and then using it in a virtual machine like virtualbox or vmplayer, once mounted I will install windows 7 onto my newly created virtual hard disk. you can install any operating system onto a vhd file.
1. Open a Command Prompt, run as Administrator
2. Enter DISKPART
3. create vdisk file=g:\win7.vhd maximum=30000
4. select vdisk file=g:\win7.vhd
5. attach vdisk
6. create partition primary
7. format fs=ntfs quick label="win7"
8. list vol
9. detach vdisk
10. exit
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