How to Convert a Physical Disk to a Virtual Disk Using Disk2VHD (Step-by-Step)
In this video, I’ll show you how to convert a physical hard drive into a virtual disk using Disk2VHD — a free tool from Microsoft. This process is known as P2V (Physical to Virtual) conversion, and it’s perfect if you want to back up your PC, move your existing Windows installation into a virtual machine, or test your current system safely in Hyper-V, VirtualBox, or VMware. TimeStamps 00:00 Intro 00:11 Tutorial Start 00:23 Program from Microsoft 00:45 Using and Explaining Disk2vhd 01:19 Create the Virtual Disk 01:33 Virtual Disk Created 01:45 Open Hyper-V Manager 01:49 Creating the Virtual Machine 02:13 Selecting the Virtual Disk 02:39 Running the Virtual Machine 2:59 Windows Started 3:12 Computer Converted to Virtual Machine 3:19 What you can do with the Virtual Disk 3:33 Thank you for Watching :D Link to Download Disk2VHD https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sys... Support My Channel so i can continue making my Content Full-Time You Guys are the Best :D / @jeffthetroubleshooter Here are my other HOWTO Videos or DIY How to Setup remote access for (TrueNAS Scale) using tailscale • How to Setup remote access for (TrueNAS Sc... Lets go back in time and install windows 7 as a virtual machine using (VMware) • How to install windows 7 in VMware How to setup remote access for jellyfin using tailscale • How to setup remote access for jellyfin us... Remote Desktop HowTo Save Logins & Access PCs in a Click! • Secure Your Passwords with Windows Credent... How to Connect Remotely to your raspberry pi 4 using VNC Viewer • How to use VNC Viewer to connect to your R... How to use Veeam Agent to (Backup) Windows Part 1 • How to setup Veeam Agent Part 1 (Backup) How to Install Hyper-V Manager • Install Hyper-V Manager on Windows (Step-b... How to Shrink a Virtual Disk Using (HirenBoot CD) • How to Shrink a Virtual Disk Using (HirenB... #Disk2VHD #VirtualMachine #HyperV #P2V #WindowsTutorial #TechGuide #Virtualization #ITSupport #VHDX #DataBackup #Sysinternals #TechTips #ConvertToVirtual #VirtualDisk #Windows10 #Windows11 #DiskConversion
