Working with Virtual Hard Disk Files
Virtual hard disks have been around since virtual machines appeared on the scene in the late 1990s. Windows Server 2012 can create and directly attach Microsoft virtual hard disks or VHD/VHDX files. VHD files are used in Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V guest systems as well as Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 and Microsoft Virtual PC, although not all VHD versions are 100% interchangeable. Starting with Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V guest systems also can use the new VHDX file format to leverage larger file sizes. VHD and VHDX files can be created and mounted into a Windows Server 2012 operating system using the disk manager console and also the Windows PowerShell. ...
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