Windows 8 will let you open and view ISO and VHD files all on its own, according to the latest “Building Windows 8” blog from Microsoft. Posted yesterday by Microsoft engineer Rajeev Nagar, the new ...

Maybe I'm just screwing this up, but I don't see how. I have a PC backed up to a VHD file. On a Windows 7 box, I have some version of VMWare, something from within the last year. I can create a new VM ...

Hyper-V generally supports three types of virtual hard disk files: fixed, dynamic and differential. No type is best -- each type is designed to fill a specific role or purpose for the associated VM.

Once you finally start backing up your data (like you’ve been told to over, and over again), consider using a virtual hard drive (VHD). VHDs have been used by IT professionals for years in virtual ...

Some of you seem confused about how Windows 7 goes about supporting .VHD files as used by Virtual PC, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Hyper-V. Here's a quick how-to work with .VHD files in Windows 7. OK, ...

I have a question that has been lingering in my mind. I've been thinking of the "wonders of virtualization" and am rather convinced that within the next few years I will likely be using it in house ...