A common way to attach a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine is via the Hyper-V Manager. But, as Brien shows, you can use PowerShell instead.

When you create a new virtual machine using the Hyper-V Manager, the virtual hard disk that you create will be 127GB in size (unless you specify another size). The problem with this is that not ...

You need to manually reconfigure the disk by shrinking or compacting it. When the disk is full, open the Edit Disk wizard in Hyper-V Manager and choose to shrink or compact the virtual disk.

To import the virtual PC to a new virtual machine, click "Use an Existing Hard Disk" in the Create a Virtual Machine Wizard, click "Browse," and then select the VHD file from the appropriate folder.

Virtual hard disks are easy to create Creating virtual disks is easier now with Windows 11 23H2 or higher. While you can still use the traditional method to create a VHD in the Disk Management ...

Want the speed of a solid-state drive without the expense? You might be able to set up a virtual hard drive in your PC by creating a RAM disk. Here's how to do it.

In this article I’ll concentrate on describing how to create virtual encrypted disks, which enable you to protect specific sensitive documents without having to encrypt your entire drive.

VMWare’s virtualization technology allows you to run other operating systems within your native OS, but VMWare Player doesn’t provide an easy way to create the disk images to host your guest ...

Want to try Windows 11 risk-free? Use Hyper-V to create a virtual machine where you can test the new operating system without losing access to your "real" PC. I've got step-by-step instructions here.

The latest version of VMware Workstation Player includes the features needed to install Windows 11 as a virtual machine.