One of the cool new features that can be utilized in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is the ability to boot from a Virtual Hard Disk.
My friend and co-worker Keith Combs has done a great video of how the process works. He even takes the process up a notch by dual booting the machine. He also has the documentation of the process he follows in the video included in his blog post. I would highly recommend viewing it. It runs less than 25 minutes and is without question the best information I have seen to date on the subject.
http://blogs.technet.com/keithcombs/archive/2009/05/22/dual-boot-from-vhd-using-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx
Thanks Keith!