It will probably take some time to create the VHDX file depending on how big your Windows partition is. Instead, you’ll get a Boot Failure message! This is because those two extra volumes tell the system where Windows is located and how to boot it. It’s very important that you select these other volumes in addition to the main Windows volume because if you don’t, the operating system won’t boot when you load it into Hyper-V. These are usually really small: in my case, the System Reserved volume is only 34 MB and the other volume, which has no label, is only 322.08 MB. In addition, you want to make sure to select any other volumes that were created when you installed Windows, most likely the Boot volume and System Reserved volume. In my case, I have several hard drives connected to the computer, so I only want to select volume C:\, which is 37.26 GB in size. By default, it’s going to select all of the volumes it finds on your computer, which may not be want you actually want. If not, choose another location like a second hard drive or an external USB hard drive. If you have a large hard drive, you can just let it save the file to the same partition as Windows. There really isn’t much you have to do here other than choose the location where you want to save the VHDX file and which volumes you want to include. When you run it, you’ll see a screen like the one above. To do this, download the Disk2VHD tool mentioned above and run the EXE file. Let’s start with the easy part: converting your current version of Windows into a virtual machine (VHD or VHDX file). Anyway, it’s only a problem for those with high resolution monitors. It’s really annoying and I don’t know why Microsoft hasn’t bothered to fix this issue yet. It’s also worth noting that even though you can use Windows XP, Vista and 7 as the virtual machine, it’s best if you can convert a Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 machine because the highest resolution that Hyper-V supports for those older operating systems is 1600×1200. Both operating systems have a tool called Hyper-V that can be used to access the virtual file created by Disk2VHD. Windows 8.1 Pro or Windows 10 Pro – You’ll need the Pro versions of either Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 in order to complete this process.Disk2VHD – A free tool from Microsoft that will be used to convert any Windows operating system from Windows XP onwards into a virtual machine file.
In order for this to work, you need two things:
There are many software virtualization tools out there like VMWare, Parallels, VirtualBox, etc., but I’m going to stick with only Microsoft software. Before we get started, let’s talk about the requirements.
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