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Thank you. &nbsp;I didnt know about this program.
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Thank you.  I didnt know about this program.

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I am trying to take a windows 7 backup and do a complete restore to a virtual machine. &nbsp;What is the best method in doing this. &nbsp;I dont want to mount the VM and I was have tried the repair and recover from backup but that is not working. &nbsp;I even tried the disk2vhd(x) program and all I get is a disk read error occurred. &nbsp; Any other options or am I doing something wrong.
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I am trying to take a windows 7 backup and do a complete restore to a virtual machine.  What is the best method in doing this.  I dont want to mount the VM and I was have tried the repair and recover from backup but that is not working.  I even tried the disk2vhd(x) program and all I get is a disk read error occurred.   Any other options or am I doing something wrong.

Moving Windows 7 Backup to HyperV Virtual Machine

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.