A question about Virtual Hard Drives????


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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit, Windows Developer Preview, Linux Mint 9 Gnome 32 Bit
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    A question about Virtual Hard Drives????


    Hi, I plan to create a VHD or virtual hard drive inside my alternate disk partition (D:).

    Let's say, I make a 15GB VHD, can I really boot an operating system from it??? Or is it possible to keep a system image backup in it that I can then make a recovery from in case my system fails????
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    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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    This tutorial explains everything: Virtual Hard Drive VHD File - Create and Start with at Boot

    Kari
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    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    Hello Vertex.



    I've used that tutorial myself and it's easily understood; though you would be better off to use a 3rd party program to create a system image to use to recover you PC, have a look at the link below. (it's free)

    Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 32 Bit, Windows Developer Preview, Linux Mint 9 Gnome 32 Bit
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    Bare Foot Kid said:
    Hello Vertex.



    I've used that tutorial myself and it's easily understood; though you would be better off to use a 3rd party program to create a system image to use to recover you PC, have a look at the link below. (it's free)

    Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download
    Yes, I have found info about this Macrium Reflect Free Edition on another forum. In fact, I have its installer setup but not using it yet. But I'd rather stick with the system repair disk thing as I have already created one on a CD. I need an external hard disk to save system image backups though.
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