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I have a dual boot machine (Win7 RC and Win2008) and want to migrate one of the partitions (Win2008) into a Virtual Hard Drive and the be able to use it in VPC or Virtual Server (not Hyper-V). The ways I’ve seen via Linked Virtual Disks or WinImage take the entire physical drive instead of … Read more
I bought a Dell Poweredge at a local auction, mainly because it was too good a deal to pass up, but I only have experience with virtual servers via AWS and Linode (i.e. I’m new, so this may not make a lot of sense). I plan to install KVM over ubuntu to spin up many … Read more
I am brand new to the world of servers and system admin., but I recently stumbled upon a used server in good condition: Dell Poweredge R720, 2x E5-2640 12 Cores (2.5 Ghz), 128GB RAM, 8.2TB of drives (two of which are SSDs) I’ve set up multiple VDs and installed various OSs on them. They vary … Read more
One of the features of Windows 7 is the ability to mount a virtual hard drive (from Virtual PC) as an actual drive within the OS. What are the steps for doing this? Answer http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelazyadmin/archive/2009/01/15/mount-a-vhd-within-windows-7-server-2008-r2.aspx You go to Disk Management and select Attach VHD from the context menu. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author : … Read more
Since it’s kind of a time consuming option to increase the size of a Virtual Disk, what’s the downside of selecting a huge disk to start with? (Why not start at the largest size and never worry about running out of virtual space?) Answer The downside is the danger of actually running out of physical … Read more
Locked. This question and its answers are locked because the question is off-topic but has historical significance. It is not currently accepting new answers or interactions. Does Windows 7 have native support for mounting CD/DVD ISO images? If not, what is the best tool to use for that under Windows 7 64-bit? I am looking … Read more
Is there a way to change the order/position of CD-ROM drives in Windows? I have used Daemon tools to mount a virtual disc and I want to change its position to first i.e. 0. The first one is the physical CD-ROM drive, second is the mounted one. I want to change mounted drive to position … Read more
My friend is going to open a cybercafe and I was wondering how to remove all the applications/ files and other things people create on computer on restart, some recommended a tool Deep Freezer but I was wondering if it is possible without any tool, does windows 10 provide such a feature, I was looking … Read more
I’m wanting to synchronise a “virtual USB drive” between computers. Reason is, the software I use for lighting, GrandMA2 onpc, is based around the concept of a lighting console with an internal hard disk and the ability to export show data to a USB drive for migrating between machines. I know this is super niche, … Read more
