![]() ![]() Installation setup to complete (Boot to Desktop). ![]() ![]() ĥ- After installing Windows into 'C:\Parent.vhdx' I will boot from my 'Removable USB Drive' and continue Windows I am unsure what's being said, but it appears you have to reference the differencing disk (aka Differencing.vhd) in your BCD.ġ- First I will create a C:\Parent.vhdx' in my Hard Disk and mount it as (Z:).Ģ- Copy 'install.wim' file to my Removable USB Drive ( U: )ģ- In 'WinNTSetup v.3.7.2', I will choose Source ( U:\install.wim ), Boot Partition ( U: ), Installation Partition ( Z: )Ĥ- Check 'WIMBoot' checkbox and press 'Setup' button in order to start Windows Installation. However, there is a warning about booting on that page, so I suggest you read it. It prevents a lot of wear and tear on my USB drive.Ĭreate vdisk file=C:\Differencing.vhd parent=C:\Parent.vhd My main VHD might be tens of gigabytes, but a difference disk might only be a few. For me, it's easier to back up a differenced disk than it is to back up my main VHD every time a small change occurs. This can be very helpful if you want to try a software (say Adobe Photoshop Trial for 30 days) and then revert those changes very easily. You can undo changes by simply removing a differencing disk. If 'Yes', then how to create "differencing disk" ? I think 'WinNTSetup v.3.7.2' doesn't have any option to create "differencing disk" ?Īs I understand it, differencing disks create two useful functions, and probably not many more. Will it be useful to use "differencing disk" instead of 'Dynamically Expanding VHDX' ? I am currently using 'Dynamically expanding VHDX' . I am currently using 'WTG + VHDX + WIMBoot' configuration in my 'Removable USB Drive'. one that you can make with dd or similar) and fixed vhd (and back) is trivial, there are several apps that can do that, among them Clonedisk (which will also be able to create the RAW image if needed):Īdapting the \boot\BCD and more generally a USB stick to boot from a vhd should also be simple, a simple BCDboot command should do, see: #3 is complex, and may have it's uses, but the need for one should be attentively evaluated and - by their very nature - differencing images may be much less manageable than a simple, monolithic vhdĬonverting between a RAW image (i.e. #2 is complex and offering no real world advantage (and it is called sometimes "growing" as it will ONLY grow and NEVER "shrink"), basically you have a little "bomb" on your system that may grow (because of *any* other issue/malfunctioning) until it completely fills your "outer" filesystem, potentially creating an unbootable and/or unrepairable situation #1 is simple, working, fail (and hopefully fool ) proof. However generally speaking there are three. I am not familiar (or familiar enough) with Windows 8 (or Windows 8 to go) to provide such a set of instructions. ![]()
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