How to create a virtual hard drive in windows 7 How to create a virtual hard drive in windows 7

This virtual hard disk is a fake hard drive installed on your pc. Although a mock disk, but can be used to store, send or receive data such as hard drives in general that is physically installed on a PC. If installed on a PC shobat only 1 (one) hard drive, then after the virtual disk is created as if the PC shobat there are 2 (two) hard drive. Great yes ... Windows 7.

Almost the same as making a hard drive partition, to create a virtual hard drive space is required on the hard drive on the computer. So it does not add a virtual hard disk space or disk volume, but using some space / hard drive space to be used as a virtual hard disk is. Furthermore, the virtual disk is stored in files ending in. Vhd.

In terms of data security, this virtual disk could be one option for securing data. By using the facility attach and detach, this virtual hard disk can be associated and released.
To make this virtual disk following steps:
Right-click [Computer]> [manage].
In the computer management window, click [Disk Management] and then on the [Action] select [created VHD].
In the window that appears content in accordance with the will shobat. Location is where the files. vhd. stored, virtual hard disk size is the size of a virtual disk volume then select the unit volume (MB, GB, TB) just adjust the disk space available. For a virtual hard drive format, just select the size fix (recommended) then click [OK].


Wait a while until the virtual disk creation process is completed. Once completed, the virtual disk is visible seems.
Up here the virtual disk is still not too initialization. To initialize the virtual hard drive, right click on disk 1 or 2 (which formed a virtual hard drive) and then select [Initialize Disk]


Make sure the disk has been selected and the option use the following partition, select it [MBR] then click [OK]


Up here the virtual hard disk has changed its status from not initialized to be online. To be used as disk, format it must be done. For that right click on the virtual hard drive volume and select [New simple volume].


Simple volume wizard appears, click [next] [next] [next].
At just select the format partition [NTFS] and content [volume label] in accordance with the will shobat, click [next].


On the Completing new simple volume wizard, click [Finish]
Virtual hard disk has been formed and ready for use.
To use as a security facility can be used attach (link) and detach (release). To remove or detach the virtual disk, open the disk management then right click on the virtual disk volume was then select [detach]. To connect or attach, on disk management, click the [action] and select [attach]> looking file.vhd stored. Then click [OK].

Note: be careful not to file.vhd. This stored erased, when erased the disk virtualpun will not be accessible.