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Virtualization : Creating VHDs from Within Windows 7 & Mounting VHDs

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Dependent VHDs

You can also create dependent VHDs—multiple VHDs that depend on a parent VHD. Why would this be useful? Suppose you have 10 employees, but they basically use three configurations:

  • Office admin configuration

  • Graphics configuration

  • Developer configuration

With a dependent VHD approach, you could create one parent VHD (the common company configuration, which might have your company-standard email/web software, antivirus software, network configuration, user accounts, and so forth). Then you could create the three dependent VHDs, one for each configuration:

  • Office admin VHD, containing finance software

  • Graphics VHD, containing graphic editing software

  • Developer VHD, containing a complete programming environment

You could then distribute these VHDs to company employees as appropriate, standardizing software usage across your company with no trouble.


Creating VHDs from Within Windows 7

After you have installed Windows 7, it is quite simple to create VHDs.

1.
From the Control Panel, select “System and Security” and then “Administrative Tools”.

2.
Select the Computer Management option.

3.
In the left pane, select Storage, Disk Management.

4.
From the Action menu, select Create VHD as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1. Creating VHDs is much simpler after Windows 7 is installed.



Mounting VHDs

As we noted previously, it is possible to mount a VHD at any time using the command line. Follow these steps:

1.
Type diskpart and press Enter to start the diskpart utility.

2.
Type select vdisk file="c:\Windows7Build.vhd" and press Enter.

3.
Type attach vdisk and press Enter (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Mounting a virtual hard disk.

4.
Type exit.

You can also use the graphic tools within an installed copy of Windows 7 to mount a VHD. Here’s how:

1.
Select the Computer Management tab.

2.
In the left pane, select Storage, Disk Management.

3.
From the Action menu, select Attach VHD (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Choosing the location for your VHD.

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