How to create a virtual hard drive in Windows 7 si Windows 8

With the launch Windows 7, Microsoft introduced in OS Windows a new feature, Namely the ability to create hard diskvirtualThat users can use to store si hide diverse files. In practice, a hard disk Interactive is a VHD file format that users Windows it can be installed on a server and use it as a Physical hard drive (Which may contain partitions, folders si files). If for whatever reason you want to create and your a virtual hard drive (Eg, creating a VHD provides a simple and very safe to hide files you want to keep private) on your system WindowsYou can do this by following the instructions below.

How do we create one? hard disk virtual in Windows 7 or Windows 8 / 8.1?

Before creating a virtual hard drive, Make sure that have enough free space the physical HDD for it (creating a hard disk virtual does not add additional storage space to the systemBut occupies space physical HDD). Minimum Size of a hard disk Interactive is 3 MB.

• open computer Management (Right-click on My Computer and select Manage or type diskmgmt.msc in Run and give Enter), Then click on Disk Management (In the list on the left)
• at the top of the window, click on Action (Near Fillet) And select Create VHD menu displayed

• then select location where you want to create hard diskthe virtual (under Lease click Browse), Choose size for it (virtual dart disk size), Select format preferred (VHD or VHDX; VHDX is recommended for had diskvirtual sizes larger than 2040 GB) and type of virtual hard disk (Size fix or dynamic; if you intend to use it hard disk virtual to store more files in the future, select the option Dinamically expanding to ensure that it does not run out of space. Remember though, the more space the virtual HDD increases, decreases physical space on the hard drive that contains virtual HDD)

• after creation hard diskof the virtual, it will be displayed in Disk Management ca unallocated space; click on the title diskvirtual and selected Initialize Disk menu, then in the displayed dialog, leave MBR selected and click OK

• after initialization disk, to be able to use the new virtual hard drive, it will have to configured volume and must be assigned a letter, Right click on diskthe newly created and selected virtual New Simple Volume

• then click on Next and select space that you want to use it for disk

• give again click on Next si Select a letter for disk (which is not already used)

• click on NextThen select The format for new disk (recommended NTFS) And give a name hard diskthe virtual
• finally, click on NextThen click on Finish to complete the creation hard diskof the virtual (it will be displayed both in Disk ManagementAnd in My Computer)

Success!

Note! Hard diskthe virtual system will be attached only current session. After rebootAny VDH files attached thereto shall be reattached to be accessed (to attached one hard disk virtual to the system, Go Disk Management, Click on Action and select Attach VHD).

Note: Hard diskvirtual ones can also be used to install operating systems on them.

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