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Sometimes when using PC, it may be necessary to install multiple operating systems managed from under the main OS. This allows you to make virtual hard drives stored in VHD format. Today we will talk about the ways of opening such a variety of files.

Opening VHD files

VHD format, described as well as "Virtual Hard Disk", is designed to store various versions of OS, programs and many other files. Similar images are used by different virtualization tools, including standard Windows tools. In the course of the article, we will pay attention to the opening of the specified format, the lowering most details related to its contents. You can learn about all the nuances you are interested in from other instructions or contacting the comments.

Note: There is also a VHDX format that is a more modern version of the file type under consideration and supported in OS is not lower than Windows 8.

Disk connection

1. You can also open the VHD file by connecting it as an additional virtual machine drive. To do this, on the OS tab in VirtualBox, click the "Set up" button.



2. Go to the "Media" and on the top panel in the block of the same unit, click the "Add Hard Drive" button.



3. In the window that opens, you must specify the option "Select an existing disk".



4. Use the "Add" button to select the desired VHD image on the computer.

   

   After that, select the "Select" button. Confirm its addition.



5. Now the window with settings can be clicked on "OK".



6. To check, as well as access to files from the selected VHD image, start the virtual machine. If everything was performed exactly according to the instructions, the connected will appear among the disks.

For more information about the work of VirtualBox, we were told in another article on the website with which you should read if you have any problems or questions.

How to use a new connected disk, solve only you. On this we are completing this section of the article and we hope that you managed to achieve the desired result.

See also: How to delete a virtual hard drive in Windows 7 or in Windows 10

Conclusion

When working with VHD images, it is worth considering the possibilities of your PC, since not all machines are capable of virtualization of the OS. We also reviewed both the universal way to read this format and standard system tools, at the same time being the best option. This is quite enough, and therefore we wish you good luck with the opening of such files.