Boot from VHD in Windows 7

The ability to boot from a VHD file was introduced with Windows 7. This feature, coupled with the use of differencing disks enables easy backups of entire hard disk images and creation of restore points. Differencing disks are also useful when there is a need for a base hard drive image that needs slight customization for different groups of users or workstations such as staff and students.

In the presentation I will demonstrate:

-How to create a VHD using GUI and command line tools
-Installing Windows 7 into a VHD
-Creating boot entries in the boot manager
-How to create a differencing disk
-Backing up and reverting disk images
-Using the Disk to VHD tool to convert physical disks to VHDs