Creating a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) in Windows 11 is a simple way to expand storage options. This guide walks you through the steps to set up and configure a VHD quickly.
Open Disk Management
- Right-click on the Start menu and select Disk Management.
Create a New VHD
- In Disk Management, click on the Action menu and select Create VHD.
- Choose a location to save the VHD file, give it a name, and specify the size.
Select Format
- VHD: Supports up to 2TB.
- VHDX: Supports up to 64TB and offers better resilience.
Choose Type
- Fixed size: Pre-allocates the specified size.
- Dynamically expanding: Grows as needed.
Initialize the Disk
- After creation, the VHD appears as unallocated space.
- Right-click on it and select Initialize Disk. Choose either MBR or GPT as the partition style.
Create a New Volume
- Right-click on the unallocated space and select New Simple Volume.
- Follow the wizard to assign a drive letter and format the disk with a file system such as NTFS.
Access the VHD
- Once formatted, the VHD appears as a new drive in This PC, ready for use.
- You can also create a VHD through the Settings app by navigating to System > Storage > Advanced storage settings > Disks & volumes and following similar steps.
By following these steps, you can easily create and configure a Virtual Hard Disk in Windows 11. This feature provides a flexible way to manage files and expand storage without additional hardware.
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