Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Razvan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:15:31 GMT

can i use this technique to restore my win7rc installation too ?

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Keith Combs — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:12:20 GMT

Roy,

Correct. BitLocker messes this all up right now so you would need to use partitions and the old school. Even then you have to be pretty careful with bitlocker.

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Roy Mayfield — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:30:15 GMT

Keith, great article - Hyper-V will never be the same in dev and test environemnts. A colleague mentioned that you cannot apply bitlocker to VHDs. If you have the bitlocker requirement for all partitions, your only choice is to use legacy dual-boot, correct?

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

David Lance — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:17:57 GMT

Ok So I have windows XP installed on the drive that I want to perform the dual boot on. I want to wipe out Windows XP I dont need it anymore. When I go to diskpart I cant create a primary partition because Windows XP is using the entire disk. How do I delete the OS partition it wont let me.

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Andy Helsby — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:05:39 GMT

It looks like you can't call the vhd with a filename with c:\windows in it otherwise you get a message that includes "Windows is usually installed to the \windows directory".....

call the vhd file c:\win7rc.vhd and you will be good to go.

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Keith Combs — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:43:28 GMT

Brandon, the answer is yes. If you are alreadey running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Brandon Scott — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 14:50:21 GMT

Can you use the diskmanagement GUI in windows 7 to create a VHD and install directly onto that?

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

jibutoms — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:07:28 GMT

Good Article. I have been using the VHD Boot Windows7 for sometime. But recently my organization decided to encrypt all our Laptops with pointsec software. From then on, I am not able to boot with the VHD Image. It Just gives "Blue screen". Any thoughts on this issue?

Thanks in Advance,

Jibu

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

jibutoms — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:07:06 GMT

Good Article. I have been using the VHD Boot Windows7 for sometime. But recently y organization decided to encrypt all our Laptops with pointsec software. From then on, I am not able to boot with the VHD Image. It Just gives "Blue screen". Any thoughts on this issue?

Thanks in Advance,

Jibu

re: Dual Boot from VHD Using Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Keith Combs — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:00:49 GMT

Oops. I thought you were calling me stupid. I'm the only one allowed to do that (and do it frequently).

Yep, the R2 or Win7 disk is one of the requirements because of the updated version of WinPE, Diskpart, etc.

Peace !!!