How to create virtual hard disk in windows

How to Create Virtual Hard Disk??????

 Virtual Hard disk:

• VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) is a file format which represents a virtual hard disk drive (HDD). It may contain what is found on a physical HDD, such as disk partitions and a file system, which in turn can contain files and folders. It is typically used as the hard disk of a virtual machine.

 

Advantages:

•  virtual HDD helps to use the unallocated disk space on Physical drive by adding the Unallocated space to C: DRIVE then using it as a Virtual HDD!!!!
    
   Lets see how to make it!
  Step1: Open RUN(winkey + R) or Win 8 or above right-click start>>>Disk Management!
        

By RUN

By Right-Click Start

Step 2: On Disk Management,Right-Click Unallocated space >>>Extend Volume >>>ADD it to
                                                                                                                                              C: DRIVE!


Step 3: Select Action >>>Create VHD >>> Select Browse >>>Select C: (which you added
                    Unallocated space) >>>Set NAME! >>>Save 

Create VHD

Set Location & Set NAME of VHD

Set VHD Size and OK

 Step 4: Wait Till Completes Creating VHD!!!! Select ACTION >>>Attach VHD >>> Browse for  
                                                         Virtual HDD which U have Created. In my case its in c:drive

Select Attach VHD

      Again OK! >>>> Once Opened RIGHT_CLICK Unallocated Space >>> New Simple Volume 
                          >>>> Next >>>Next >>> ok! 

                               Thats iT!!! Virtual Hard disk Successfully created !!!!

In Order to mount it on SYSTEM Start UP!!!!!!

Follow the Below Steps!!!

Step 1: Open notepad 

             Type the Lines below 

  

@echo  "IMPORTANT: DO NOT CLOSE, Virtual HDD Mounting, Please wait..."
diskpart /s "C:\script.txt"

 Save as VirtualHDD.bat

Step 2: Open notepad
                Type the Lines below 

select vdisk file="c:\virtualHDD.vhd"
attach vdisk

 Save as script.txt

Step 3 : To mount at Startup Automatically!

•  Open RUN (Winkey + R) type regedit to Open Registry Editor.
• GOTO  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE >>>>SOFTWARE >>>> MICROSOFT>>>>WINDOWS>>>>CurrentVersion >>>>RUN
• Right-Click >>>New >>> String Value >>>Name it as vhd or anything else

    

Create New String Value in RUN at Startup

  

Type the location of .bat file u created..In My Case Its as seen above

 Thats iT!!!! you have created Virtual Hard Disk and also mounted it on Startup!!!!!

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