I need to open a Windows Image Backup file with the .vhd extension. How can I?
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that's a virtual hard disk file - you need MS virtual pc or virtual server installed on your desktop/server - then you can point it to the file and open it up
check this for more
http://www.microsoft.com/t
and/or look up virtual PC and Virtual server on the MS site
is the actual file named "WindowsImageBackup.vhd" ?
if so it is a saved hard disk image from a virtual pc/server environment as i outlined earlier - someone just saved the file name as that. you'll need to download and install either virtual pc or server to open this file - available on microsoft downloads site
virtual pc
http://www.microsoft.com/d
Sounds like you're not familiar with Virtual PC - after you download and install the program linked to above, go through the following steps to get your data:
Start Virtual PC from your Start Menu-->All Programs
If nothing appears after the splash screen, goto your system tray and double click the icon for this program.
Click the 'New...' button
Click Next, Add existing Virtual PC, Browse to the folder containing your file - there should be a .VMC file there that you need to open.
Complete the Wizard, then select the new virtual PC that you created and click the Start button. The virtual PC should start whatever OS is installed on it.
From there, you should be able to copy data between your PC and the virtual one via Network. Make sure the Virtual PC's network is setup correctly.
Hope this helps (feel free to use the Help menu you in the program as well)
Ryan R
You should be able to use VHDMount
http://blogs.msdn.com/virt
to look at .VHD files and copy files.
FYI, .VHD is the virtual hard disk container format for Virtual PC/Virtual Server. But it is also the native backup format for Vista.
If this VHD file was created by running backup & restore center, chances are, it can only be opened as Ryan_R mentioned above.
What version of Vista is this? Is it a backup of files or the entire Windows installation? I think only Enterprise & ultimate has the option of creating a backup of the entire OS installation & adding incremental changes (like Norton Ghost).
If this is a full PC backup, you can only access it through WinRE: boot to the DVD, choose Repair you computer --> Windows complete PC restore.
If it's a file backup you can choose which individual file to restore. right-click on the file & go to properties --> Previous versions & if it was backed up correctly, it would have 2 or more versions you can choose from. Depending on how many times the file was modified.
http://blogs.msdn.com/virt
excuse me but .VHD is just a format containing a file system and files. Just like a .ZIP is a manifest of files (not always compressed) and can be generated by PkZip as well as WinRAR. VHDMount will do just fine.
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