Hello all,
Here's how to use a perhaps little known new feature in Windows 7, boot from
VHD.
1. Open Disk Management.
2. Right click the disk management tree, and click create VHD. If you have a
VHD already which you'd like to use for the "boot from VHD" feature, skip
this step and read on to find out how you attach a VHD.
3. Follow the instructions, however I recommend dynamically expanding rather
than fixed as fixed takes longer to create.
4. Click ok. The new VHD will be attached to the system, appearing as an
additional physical disk with nothing on them, not even a partition.
5. If you have a VHD already that you'd like to attach, right click the Disk
Management tree and choose attach VHD. Click the browse button to find a VHD
file.
6. Click ok. The VHD is attached to the system.
7. Now here's the fun part! Either run the Windows 7 install from the iso or
the DVD, choose custom when asked, and choose your new disk, which should be
recognized by the size of it.
8. From then on, you'll have a boot menu, both with Windows 7 as the
"label", but the Windows 7 installed on the VHD will be the first, so if you
just press enter or wait a while then the bootloader will unpack the VHD and
start loading the OS.
Now how cool is that!
Eventually the VHD support will be limited to creating and
mounting/dismounting in Home Premium and Professional, whilst all features,
including boot from VHD, will be available in Enterprise and Ultimate.
Let us know how you got on with it. Enjoy!
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Chris Hallsworth
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