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Boot from a VHD created by VirtualBox

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Mar 15, 20263053 views
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I have used VirtualBox to create a VM, and installed the latest Windows 8 Consumer Preview on it. I have a .VHD file with the OS installed. I am wondering, since Windows 7 supports boot from a VHD file, whether it is possible to simply create a new boot option using thid VHD file and boot of it.

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Fix for: Boot from a VHD created by VirtualBox

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Yes you can. Windows 7 supports boot from VHD. There are two blog posts I've seen on this. One from Scott Hanselman and this one Since you already have the vhd, you only need to run the Bcdedit command .

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