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With Windows 7’s Virtual Hard Drive, you can create disk images without the need for 3rd party programs like Windows Virtual PC
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Right click on My Computer |
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Select Manage |
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Select Disk Managment |
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Click on Action / Create VHD |
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Set the Location, Size and Type of Virtual Hard drive you want to create |
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This simple creates the file that will be used for your Virtual Hard Drive |
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To attach to that file, click on Action / Attach VHD, and Browse to the file you just created |
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To initialize the disk, right click on the appropriate Disk # and select Initialize Disk |
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Confirm the Disk # and select the style you want |
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From here you can format the drive as you would a regular hard drive |
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Right click on the Unallocated space and select New Simple Volume. Assign the size |
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Assign the Drive Letter, whether you want to format with NTFS, and the label |
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Now you will see the new Virtual Drive as a new drive letter |
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