Dear All:
It's said that Windows server 2008 support booting from a VHD file. But I
did not quite understand what it means. Anyone could help me? Thanks in
advance.

Below is what I tested. I am not sure if I did correctly.
1) Install Windows Server 2008 R2
2) Create a VHD file use Windows Server Backup, and copy the VHD file to
c:\temp.vhd
3) Add a boot option in boot menu through bcdedit.exe, like:
bcdedit.exe /copy {current} /d "temp"
bcdedit.exe /set <uuid> device vhd=[c:]\temp.vhd
bcdedit.exe /set <uuid> osdevice vhd=[c:]\temp.vhd
4) Reboot OS and select boot from "temp"


Unfortuately, an exception happened while starting Windows. Anyone could
tell me what's wrong with my test.

Thanks

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:25:34 +0800, news.microsoft.com wrote:

> Dear All:
> It's said that Windows server 2008 support booting from a VHD file. But I
> did not quite understand what it means. Anyone could help me? Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Below is what I tested. I am not sure if I did correctly.
> 1) Install Windows Server 2008 R2
> 2) Create a VHD file use Windows Server Backup, and copy the VHD file to
> c:\temp.vhd

VHDs created with backup are not bootable. You can find more info in this
search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...Amicrosoft.com

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