I want to be able to have a complete control on the virtual disks that my virtual machine is going to use. Which hypervisor allows that? VMware, VirtualBox, Windows Virtual PC, etc.? I want to be able to mount those virtual HDDs and edit the files inside them and also manage those disks with a disk manager.
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Virtual-PC isn't supported by Microsoft. Windows has had native Hyper-V virtual hdd mounting support since Window 8. Neither VMware or VirtualBox virtual hdds can be mounted natively– RamhoundCommented Jun 3, 2017 at 16:27
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Why not to use NFS?– Alex78191Commented Jun 3, 2017 at 16:30
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what is NFS? where can I find more info about it?– acman123Commented Jun 3, 2017 at 16:48
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my win ver is win 10– acman123Commented Jun 3, 2017 at 17:04
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Is it 64 bit version?– BiswapriyoCommented Jun 3, 2017 at 19:20
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Before I start answering, I must say this looks like an XY question. Your concern seems to be mounting a virtual hard disk in Windows. So, why do you tie it to a certain hypervisor?
- Starting with Windows 7, Windows can mount (as well as create) virtual hard disk files in VHD format. (This it the format that many hypervisors can use.) In Windows 8 and later, the VHDX format is also supported. To mount, you have to use either the Disk Management snap-in or
diskpart
. Starting with Windows 10 v1511, mounting by double-clicking the VHD or VHDX file is also possible. - VMware Workstation can mount its own virtual hard disk format, VMDK.
- Like I said, you don't need to restrict yourself to hypervisors. Daemon Tools, OSFMount and Winmount can mount virtual disk images.