Yes, quite useful. Create the VHD with Disk2VHD which then is, in a sense, a complete system backup. Thanks!
Wondering . . . could one then take a program such as Magic ISO and create a bootable .iso image from all of the files?
Vic
13 years ago
Great tutorial… 🙂 Now I don’t need other programs to see this kind of files
Mohammed Sarhan
13 years ago
Very Useful Article
You’re Great
Junaid
13 years ago
this is nice.. quite simple and workable
RudeBoySes
13 years ago
thank you for such a detailed tutorial w/ screenshots. I have been using Windows 7 Backup since it’s release and it has saved my behind a few times. I’ve always wondered if it was possible to mount the .vhd and extract files from it, as i have seen the .vhd from VMware.
This only reinforces my idea that Windows 7 built-in Backup & Restore is all i need vs. 3rd Party Backup Software.
ashwani
11 years ago
To detach vhd in windows 7 in disk manager right click on the Disk # of the VHD (just to the left of the drive layout image – which is in the bottom half of the screen) from the option choose offline.. after that right click on the same place and u will get the DETACH option..
first u need to make the VHD OFFLINE and then u will get the DETACH OPTION in windows 7
JimA
11 years ago
Can you mount a .VHD file that is currently in use?
G
11 years ago
Awesome – thanks a bunch
Manish
10 years ago
can you help me with how to mount a vhd image on OSx (I have OSx 10.8.5)
Nascar
10 years ago
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I’ve been struggling with which backup/restore programs to use on my Windows 7 machine, but after reading this, I’m sticking to the Backup/Restore that comes with Windows-7. Knowing that I can mount/view/use the data from the System Image file (filename.VHD), that’s all I need for my purposes.
Thakwani P
8 years ago
Max, is there any tweak to get this work on the Clustered environments also?
Derek
2 years ago
You are an IT teaching God! I’ve spent hours trying to figure out how to keep a VHD attachment permanent, but just 5 minutes reading those very clear illustrated instructions was all I needed. Many thanks.
Yes, quite useful. Create the VHD with Disk2VHD which then is, in a sense, a complete system backup. Thanks!
Wondering . . . could one then take a program such as Magic ISO and create a bootable .iso image from all of the files?
Great tutorial… 🙂 Now I don’t need other programs to see this kind of files
Very Useful Article
You’re Great
this is nice.. quite simple and workable
thank you for such a detailed tutorial w/ screenshots. I have been using Windows 7 Backup since it’s release and it has saved my behind a few times. I’ve always wondered if it was possible to mount the .vhd and extract files from it, as i have seen the .vhd from VMware.
This only reinforces my idea that Windows 7 built-in Backup & Restore is all i need vs. 3rd Party Backup Software.
To detach vhd in windows 7 in disk manager right click on the Disk # of the VHD (just to the left of the drive layout image – which is in the bottom half of the screen) from the option choose offline.. after that right click on the same place and u will get the DETACH option..
first u need to make the VHD OFFLINE and then u will get the DETACH OPTION in windows 7
Can you mount a .VHD file that is currently in use?
Awesome – thanks a bunch
can you help me with how to mount a vhd image on OSx (I have OSx 10.8.5)
Just wanted to say thanks for posting this. I’ve been struggling with which backup/restore programs to use on my Windows 7 machine, but after reading this, I’m sticking to the Backup/Restore that comes with Windows-7. Knowing that I can mount/view/use the data from the System Image file (filename.VHD), that’s all I need for my purposes.
Max, is there any tweak to get this work on the Clustered environments also?
You are an IT teaching God! I’ve spent hours trying to figure out how to keep a VHD attachment permanent, but just 5 minutes reading those very clear illustrated instructions was all I needed. Many thanks.