{"id":3712,"date":"2018-01-27T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T09:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2018-01-27T10:46:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T09:46:16","slug":"disk2vhd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/01\/27\/disk2vhd\/","title":{"rendered":"Disk2vhd"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/20131218_Disk2vhd_v2.0.png?w=910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/01\/Disk2vhd_02_sm.png?w=910&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sometimes you are just forced to use proprietary software.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sysinternals\/downloads\/disk2vhd\">Disk2vhd &#8211; Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Disk2vhd includes command-line options that enable you to script the creation of VHDs. Specify the volumes you want included in a snapshot by drive letter (e.g. c:) or use &#8220;*&#8221; to include all volumes.Usage: disk2vhd Example: disk2vhd * c:\\vhd\\snapshot.vhd Physical-to-virtual hard drive migration of a Windows installation is a valid function for customers with Software Assurance and full retail copies of Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. Software Assurance provides users valuable benefits\u2014please contact Microsoft Corporation for further information. Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 installed by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) using OEM versions of these products may not be transferred to a virtual hard drive in accordance with Microsoft licensing terms<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Sometimes you are just forced to use proprietary software. Disk2vhd &#8211; Windows Sysinternals | Microsoft Docs Disk2vhd includes command-line options that enable you to script the creation of VHDs. Specify the volumes you want included in a snapshot by drive letter (e.g. c:) or use &#8220;*&#8221; to include all volumes.Usage: disk2vhd Example: disk2vhd * c:\\vhd\\snapshot.vhd&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2018\/01\/27\/disk2vhd\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-proprietary-software"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s6daft-disk2vhd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12336,"url":"https:\/\/monodes.com\/predaelli\/2025\/01\/23\/ventoy\/","url_meta":{"origin":3712,"position":0},"title":"Ventoy","author":"Paolo Redaelli","date":"2025-01-23","format":"link","excerpt":"Ventoy is an open source tool to create bootable USB drive for ISO\/WIM\/IMG\/VHD(x)\/EFI files. 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