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How to boot Windows Server 2008 R2 from VHD?

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 12/23/2008
From: "news.microsoft.com" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Dear All:
It's said that Windows server 2008 support booting from a VHD file. But I
did not quite understand what it means. Anyone could help me? Thanks in
advance.

Below is what I tested. I am not sure if I did correctly.
1) Install Windows Server 2008 R2
2) Create a VHD file use Windows Server Backup, and copy the VHD file to
c:\temp.vhd
3) Add a boot option in boot menu through bcdedit.exe, like:
bcdedit.exe /copy {current} /d "temp"
bcdedit.exe /set <uuid> device vhd=[c:]\temp.vhd
bcdedit.exe /set <uuid> osdevice vhd=[c:]\temp.vhd
4) Reboot OS and select boot from "temp"

Unfortuately, an exception happened while starting Windows. Anyone could
tell me what's wrong with my test.

Thanks

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Re: How to boot Windows Server 2008 R2 from VHD?

Sent: 12/23/2008
From: Paul Adare <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:25:34 +0800, news.microsoft.com wrote:

VHDs created with backup are not bootable. You can find more info in this
search:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vhd+native+boot+site%3Amicrosoft.com

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Paul Adare
MVP - Identity Lifecycle Manager
http://www.identit.ca

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> Dear All:
> It's said that Windows server 2008 support booting from a VHD file. But I
> did not quite understand what it means. Anyone could help me? Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Below is what I tested. I am not sure if I did correctly.
> 1) Install Windows Server 2008 R2
> 2) Create a VHD file use Windows Server Backup, and copy the VHD file to
> c:\temp.vhd

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