Boot OS DVD
Boot the OS install DVD or USB normally
Prepare VHD
At the "Install Windows" screen press Shift + F10 to open a command
prompt
DISKPART.EXE
- #Review Existing Disks and Partitions
- list disk
- list part
- select disk %1
- #Delete Unwanted Partitions
- select part %1
- del part
- #Create Partitions
- create part primary
- list part
- select part %1
- list vol
- select volume %1
- format fs=ntfs quick
- assign [letter=C]
- #Create VHD
- create vdisk file=c:\windows.vhd [maximum=24000] [type=expandable]
- select vdisk file=c:\windows.vhd
- attach vdisk
- list disk
- select disk %1
- create partition primary
- list part
- select partition %1
- format fs=ntfs quick
- assign letter=v:
- exit
Continue OS installation normally, select the new .VHD
for the install disk
Notes
Differencing Disks
- For differencing VHDs you need to add an additional parameter
- parent=”D:\pathtoparent.vhd”.
- Now select the new VHD and attach it as a physical disk.
- select vdisk file=”D:\pathToVhd.vhd”
- attach vdisk
- bcdedit /copy {originalguid} /d "New Windows 7 Installation"
- bcdedit /set {newguid} device vhd=[D:]\Image.vhd
- bcdedit /set {newguid} osdevice vhd=[D:]\Image.vhd
- bcdedit /set {newguid} detecthal on
- #Disk = physical disk, hardware RAID set, or LUN from SAN
- #Partition = disk partition (Lives in a Disk)
- #Volume = logical disk (Lives in one or more Disks or Partitions)
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