{"id":3970,"date":"2014-09-25T03:28:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T03:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2014-09-25T03:35:52","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T03:35:52","slug":"how-to-mount-a-vhd-or-vhdx-image-in-windows-server-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/how-to-mount-a-vhd-or-vhdx-image-in-windows-server-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Mount A VHD or VHDX Image in Windows Server 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Need to copy some files out of a Hyper-V virtual machine? Or looking for a way to view the contents inside a VHD or VHDX image? The most common method is to attach the VHD\/VHDX file in Disk Management, so you can then browse all files of your virtual hard disk in Windows Explorer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to Mount A VHD or VHDX Image in Windows Server 2012?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before getting started, make sure your virtual machine is powered off. Press Windows key + X together to bring up the Power User Menu, and then click on <strong>Computer Management<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/computer-management.png\" alt=\"computer-management\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3972\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the <strong>Storage<\/strong> folder in the left pane, select <strong>Disk Management<\/strong>. Click on the <strong>Action<\/strong> menu and select <strong>Attach VHD<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/attach-vhd.png\" alt=\"attach-vhd\" width=\"600\" height=\"326\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3973\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Browse to the location of the desired VHD or VHDX file, then click <strong>OK<\/strong>. If you don&#8217;t know where is the .vhdx image for your Hyper-V virtual machine, you can search for all files with a particular file extension, such as .vhdx.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/virtual-hard-disk-location.png\" alt=\"virtual-hard-disk-location\" width=\"394\" height=\"193\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3974\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once your VHD\/VHDX image is attached, your virtual hard disk will be available in Windows Explorer, which can be accessed just like a physical disk. You can now copy any files out or into your virtual hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>When you have the files you need, go back to Disk Management and right-click on the lower window where it says your disk number. Then select <strong>Detach VHD<\/strong> to unmount your virtual hard drive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/detach-vhd.png\" alt=\"detach-vhd\" width=\"600\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3975\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Need to copy some files out of a Hyper-V virtual machine? Or looking for a way to view the contents inside a VHD or VHDX image? The most common method is to attach the VHD\/VHDX file in Disk Management, so you can then browse all files of your virtual hard disk in Windows Explorer. How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,10],"tags":[1890,1887,1888,1889],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others","category-tips-tricks","tag-attach-vhd","tag-mount-vhd","tag-mount-vhdx","tag-mount-virtual-hard-disk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3984,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/3984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}