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ToolTip – Shell extensions for VHD files

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 12:16:23 +0000

If you are running a Hyper-V server, this is something you want to look at. The VHDShellExt.VBS extends the explorer context menu for VHD files with the following functions.

Download the script from MSDN Code Gallery and run cscript.exe VHDShellExt.vbs /action:setup for installation. More documentation can be found on Ravikanth’s site.

Windows 7 VHD Boot demonstration video

Fri, 01 May 2009 12:32:59 +0000

This is an excellent video explaining how to prepare and configure your machine to boot from a VHD drive.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/0/F/70FE9C38-08D1-4FCC-BEF8-42B47DD968FE/Windows7VHDBoot.wmv

Boot from VHD in Windows 7 video

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:16:43 +0000

In this video Jeremy Chapman senior product manager from the Microsoft enterprise product management team talks about booting from VHD as well as some of the new imaging features.

By the way, note that when booting Windows 7 from a VHD file you cannot use Windows Bitlocker or the Advanced Power Management features. Hibernation mode is also not supported.

The Boot from VHD in Win7 video is published here.

Additional information around native VHD support in Windows 7 can be found in this blog post.

Converting WIM to VHD

Sun, 15 Feb 2009 14:35:12 +0000

Today I’ve tested the WIM2VHD script provided by Mike Kolitz a Software Design Engineer from the Hyper-V Team at Microsoft.

In short, the script allows you to create a bootable VHD file directly from Windows 7 installation media, so you don’t need to go through the whole Windows Installation process. Once the VHD is completed, you can move it directly into your Hyper-V System and boot the operating system.

Detailed information about the script can found on the MSDN Code Gallery - Windows(R) Image to Virtual Hard Disk (WIM2VHD) Converter. Note that you must have the Windows 7 AIK installed to run this script. The script provides a lot of optional command line options, the shortest with using all default settings is as following:

Booting Win7 from a VHD file

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:37:37 +0000

Windows7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will support booting directly from a VHD (Virtual hard disk) file. This will allow you to run multiple operating systems on a single hard disk without the need of creating multiple partitions.

I found a nice description on the blog from rasmus sjoerslev about booting Windows7 from a VHD file.