Thanks for all your help - I think this closes this discussion.

No doubt Ghost would be a better way to copy the file, but this way seems to work for me. VMDK files larger than 2TB - even on Windows 7 as it happens)Į) Sharing the drive created from Data.VHDX file as a shared folder in the VMį) Copying its content to the new. VMDK file in the VM that is large enough to hold all of Data.VHDX (yes, VMPlayer can create. It's not possible on Windows 7 because the OS does not support mounting VHDX files as drives, but the following scheme works on Windows 8:Ī) Use Winimage to convert the System.VHD file to System.VMDK (takes a long time)ī) Create a VM on the WIndows 8 host, installing the OS later by removing the empty VMDK file and adding System.VMDK as an IDE driveĬ) Mounting the Data.VHDX file as a drive on the Windows 8 host by attaching it.ĭ) Creating a new. I wanted to create a VM from these two files - either on my Windows 7 host or my Windows 8 host. VMware Workstation Player has had 2 updates within the past 6 months. I have two files created by Microsoft's disk2vhd utility containing my System disk and my Data disk the former is a VHD file and the latter a VHDX file because the Data disk is larger than 2TB. Download VMware Workstation Player for Windows to deploy virtual machines on your PC. Parallels Desktop is a user-friendly virtual machine app that allows you to run Windows from within your macOS desktop. Thanks for all this input which - after further experimentation - has enabled me to solve my problem. Download: VMWare Fusion Player (149, free license available) 4. VMware Workstation Player is an ideal utility for running a single virtual machine on a Windows or Linux PC.

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