InfoWorld

Boot from VHD using Windows 7 Automated Installation

In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can native boot from a virtual hard disk without a hypervisor In response to my posts about managing multiboot with Windows 7 and Linux, Microsoft IT Pro ...
Ars Technica

Windows 7: Use old Vista install as vhd in Windows Virtual PC?

I'm contemplating moving from Windows Vista to Windows 7 (and from 32-bit to 64-bit, since I have 12 GB memory). <BR><BR>The best way seems to be to try and create a VHD of the Vista install, and then ...
ExtremeTech

Windows 8 Explorer will support native mounting of ISO and VHD

With a masterful nail in the optical disc coffin, Rajeev Nagar of the Windows 8 Storage & File Systems team has detailed how Microsoft's new operating system will natively mount ISO disc images. On ...
Neowin

Microsoft quietly working on ReFS "Dev Drive" VHD volumes in Windows 11Microsoft quietly working on ReFS "Dev Drive" VHD volumes in Windows 11Microsoft quietly working on ReFS ...

Microsoft is adding even more support for ReFS-based features inside Windows 11. The latest leak in Dev channel suggests that the company is working on new "Dev Drive" VHD developer volumes. Back in ...
Neowin

Microsoft releases special Defender update for Windows 11, Windows 10 install images0 0

Microsoft has released a new Defender anti-malware update package for Windows OS installation images, ie, for Windows Imaging Format (WIM) and VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) formats. The latest definitions ...