M56Pb8/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Windows Me Vhd' title='Windows Me Vhd' />Download just Nano Server in a VHD Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4. This tutorial explains how to install Windows 10 on a Virtual Hard Disk. You can easily install Windows 10 on a virtual hard disk to test it without risks. VHD file I did my first system backup using the back up and restore in Windows 7. I had it copy the file to my external hardrive. It comes up as a. Script To Convert Hyper V Virtual Machine From VHD To VHDXLast year I wrote a script that would allow you to specify a virtual machine, and the script would Shut down the VM if running. Seek out any VHD files attached to any of the VMs controllers. Create VHDX files from those VHD files. Replace the VHD files by attaching the VHDX files to the same controllers and locations in the VM settings. Delete the VHD files. In my tests, the script had some issues. But that was nearly a year ago and it was on WS2. The script remained untouched until yesterday. I was chatting with my fellow Hyper V MVP, Didier Van Hoye aka workinghardinit. He told me he was in the process of migrating VMs from an old W2. I just setup and sysprepped a nice new VM, now I need to convert it to a wim real quick, to upload to my sccm server. For some reason, I cant change the VM. Windows Me Vhd' title='Windows Me Vhd' />Great idea, it worked fine for me Also, I used this in reverse as a V2P solution. I had a hardware failure on a hyperv server and had no other virtualization. R2 cluster to WS2. VHD files. Aha This might be a time for a solution to speed up the process. I sent the script over to Didier to have a look see. Would it work. Well, Didier ran a series of tests this morning with guest OSs including W2. R2 and WS2. 01. 2. The tests ran flawlessly. So here is the script. FYI there are few things to note You might consider putting in a delay loop to test if the VM is actually shut down if you need to shut it down. Put a timeout of 3 minutes in that. The stop vm cmdlet is async so it shouldnt cause an issue as it is below, but you might want to take the extra step, just in case. You might want to comment out the line Remove VMHard. Disk. Drive VHD for your test or pilot runs. I do not support this script Run the script and specify the VM name as a parameter. CREDIT A big thank you to Didier Van Hoye aka workinghardinit for checking my work. Cmdlet. Binding Param   ParameterMandatoryTrue stringVMName Disable error reporting comment out the following line if you need to troubleshoot the script Error. Action. Preference Silently. Continue cls VM Get VM VMName VMStatus VM. State if VM. VMid ne NULL if VMStatus eq Running    Shut down the VM if it is running Write Host Shutting down VMName Stop VM VMName       Get the disks in the VM All. VHD Get VMHard. Disk. Drive VMName     if All. VHD eq NULL Write Host There are no virtual hard disks to convert Exit     foreach VHD in All. VHD Get the VM path and create a VHDX file path stringVHDFile Get Item VHD. Futsal Game Pc more. Path VHDFormat Get VHD VHDFile. Vhd. Format if VHDFormat eq VHD stringVHDXFile VHDFile x             stringController. Type VHD. Controller. Type stringController. Number VHD. Controller. Number stringController. Location VHD. Controller. Location             Write Host Converting VHDFile to VHDXFile Convert VHD Path VHDFile Destination. Path VHDXFile Sleep 1. Reconfigure the Physical Sector Size of the VHDX file to 4 K Set VHD Path VHDXFile Physical. Sector. Size. Bytes 4. Sleep 1. 0             Remove the old VHD Write Host Removing VHDFile from VMName Remove VMHard. Disk. Drive VHD Sleep 1. Replace the VHD with the VHDX Write Host Adding VHDXFile to VMName Add VMHard. Disk. Drive VMName VMName Path VHDXFile Controller. Type Controller. Type Controller. Number Controller. Number Controller. Location Controller. Location             Danger Will Robinson we are going to delete the original VHD we hope you have a tested VM backup Write Host Deleting VHDFile Remove Item VHDFile Force else Write Host VHDFile is already a VHDX file skipping     if VMStatus eq Running    Restart the VM if it was running before the conversion Write Host Starting VMName Start VM VMName   Wait for 1. Write Host Waiting for 1. Sleep 1. 0 VMStatus VM. State if VMStatus ne Running Something went wrong Write Host VMName could not reboot please restore the VM from backup      else Write Host VMName does not exist on this host Exit Write Host Processing of VMName has completedPlease follow and like us.