Start/Install your OS/Windows directly from VHD in your PC, laptop or server...

If you want to have a test, demo or productive environment without using VirtualPC or VMware Player/Workstation, you can start your machine from VHD only with few and easy steps....

What to do?

• If you don't have an VHD you can create it using 2 procedures(if you already have it, skip this point)
• From Disk Management
• Start Device Manager and Create VHD, select the size and if you want it dynamic or fixed(recommended for best performance) size:

• Initialize the disk, select MBR and press OK

• Format Disk(Assign the letter that you want, the system file type and volume label

• From Command Line(example of 16GB of fixed disk)

create vdisk file="c:\disk.vhd" maximum=16000 type=fixed

• Restart your computer with a installation CD of Windows 2008 R2 or Windows 7
• Start the installation, select Language and select Repair your Computer
• After the installer searches for other Windows installations, click on the blank area, outside the detected installations and click Next
• Select Command Prompt
• And on the command prompt type:

diskpart

select vdisk file="c:\disk.vhd"

attach vdisk

list disk

exit

• Close the Command Prompt window using the cross button
• Close the Windows Recovery Option Windows using the cross button
• Continue with the installation as usual selecting Custom installation
• Then you can see the VHD disk as another phisical disk....

...select it and eNjOy!!!