Do you have bootable recovery media for Win7/WS08R2 or higher?
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/kbase/VirtualizationTips/ServerVirtualization/MicrosoftHyper-VR2Tips/Management/MountingVHDFileswithDiskPart.html
Among its many uses DiskPart can be used to mount VHD files just as if they
were physical hard disk. This tip shows you how to do this.
DiskPart has a myriad of uses when it comes to managing hard disks, but most
don't know that it can be used to manage virtual hard disk (VHD) files as well.
Using DiskPart we can quickly mount a VHD file as if it were a physical disk in
order to browse its file structure.
In order to do this, you must first select the vhd file with the command:
select vdisk file=filename.vhd
When this is done the disk must be attached using the command:
attach vdisk
Finally, you can assign the VHD file a drive letter and begin browsing with
this last command:
Assign letter=K
-Bonnie
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of J- P
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 8:15 AM
To: NT <[email protected]>
Subject: [NTSysADM] browse / mount VHD file offline
Hi all,
I have a server that wont boot due to the notorious Broadcom bxvbda.sys
driver,
I can boot into recovery and see the files are all there, HOWEVER, the
particular files I want to get to right away, are inside a guest OS ( 1 TB VHD)
I can also boot into Centos (livecd) and see the VHD as well .
Trying to copy the VHD will take approx. 4 hours , I was hoping to somehow
mount / browse the VHD file ( be it on *nix or any other means) for a
particular folder and copy its content to a usb drive for a user,
is there anything I can boot into that will allow the exploring / browsing of a
VHD file?
