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Alternative methods of creating a VHDX file to open in HyperV

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Alternative methods to Disk2VHD to create a vhdx of a desktop to be opened in Hyper-V
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Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter (discontinued).

Microsoft Azure Recovery services.

StarWind V2V Converter

Macrium Reflect

there are many other 3rd party utilities that convert physical to virtual. (and a VHDX)
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Hi there! :)

Altaro VM Backup is able to handle P2V (Physical-to-Virtual) Conversions in Hyper-V.

Altaro VM Backup : https://www.altaro.com/vm-backup/download.php?LP=AltBlog-thrive-visualCTA
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These solutions do not seem to be working for my.
Nothing I have tried seems to be able to successfully open a virtual machine in Hyper-V of my own computer.
(Altaro only works with servers not desktops)
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Do you get an error message we can help you with ?

Have you tried to follow this:-

https://www.altaro.com/hyper-v/using-disk2vhd-for-physical-to-virtual-conversions-p2v/
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I have not had success however perhaps these are possible solutions for someone.