Windows 7 Boot From VHD
One of a new features in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is the ability to boot from a VHD. It is pretty simple to enable this feature and have it ready at your disposal! Before you begin you should note the following…
- You can only boot a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 VHD
- You must configure the boot editor from a Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2 install
- You cannot use a Virtual PC VHD, I suggest a Hyper-V VHD
- You need to start with a clean slate, don’t try and reuse an old VHD
I am sure this will change as Windows 7 goes through the beta and RC stages on its way to RTM and we’ll update this as necessary but here goes…
Start by launching a Command Prompt and be sure to run as Administrator, once that is done run the following commands…
bcdedit /copy {current} /d “Boot_From_VHD”
Copy the CSLID that is displayed and then run…
bcdedit /set [CLSID} osdevice vhd=[C:]\vhdname.vhd
You can replace [C:]\vhdname.vhd with the path and name of your VHD.
Once that is complete reboot and you will have the option to “Boot_From_VHD”! You can verify the bootloader is configured correctly with the bcdedit command which will list all the boot options.
For more information be sure to check out the Windows 7 resource page on Technet.com
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