Which virtual disk format (fixed, dynamic or pass-through) is the right choice for your environment? We've got answers and some great maintenance tips. Choosing the right format for the right scenario ...

A common way to attach a virtual hard disk to a virtual machine is via the Hyper-V Manager. But, as Brien shows, you can use PowerShell instead. Recently, I have been spending some time coming up with ...

• Brien encountered a permissions problem with Hyper-V virtual hard disks when moving them between virtual machines. The issue arose when attempting to attach a previously existing virtual hard disk ...

One of my absolute favorite features of Windows Server 2012 with Hyper-V is the VHDX disk file format. This new virtual disk format goes up to 64 TB and is the answer to many storage challenges for ...

How can problems with a Hyper-V VM cause disk errors in Windows (the host)? Event viewer shows all these: Errors during paging operations. Failed to flush data to the transaction log (Failure status: ...

Create a Client Hyper-V Virtual Machine for Windows XP Your email has been sent In a previous article, Get started with Windows 8 Client Hyper-V the right way, I reminded you that Microsoft is ending ...

The three mistakes I made creating a Hyper-V virtual machine Your email has been sent Our upcoming ERP upgrade project needed two new servers. We’d embarked on a ...

Choosing the right format for the right scenario is critical when it comes to performance and management of virtual hard disks (VHDs). We'll look at the pros and cons of the three methods -- fixed, ...