In Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, you can native boot from a virtual hard disk without a hypervisor In response to my posts about managing multiboot with Windows 7 and Linux, Microsoft IT Pro ...

While browsing the r/Windows10 subreddit, I remember someone asking if virtual hard disks (VHDs) offered free and additional storage. It gave me a chuckle (if only it worked that way!), but honestly, ...

With a masterful nail in the optical disc coffin, Rajeev Nagar of the Windows 8 Storage & File Systems team has detailed how Microsoft's new operating system will natively mount ISO disc images. On ...

Microsoft is adding even more support for ReFS-based features inside Windows 11. The latest leak in Dev channel suggests that the company is working on new "Dev Drive" VHD developer volumes. Back in ...

As long as pre-7 systems can't be booted via VHD, I suspect the VHD booting is going to be of fairly limited use now outside of testing & software development. Years from now, this feature will be ...