Installing & booting Windows off a virtual drive (VHD/VHDX file) on actual hardware!

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In this video, I used a program called WinNTSetup to boot Windows off a virtual drive on actual hardware (NOT on a virtual machine!) I found this out recently, and I find it better doing this when creating a dual boot. It is easy to remove once you are done with it, and you won't need to worry about Windows creating multiple partitions on your main drive through this method! This program can also do more than install Windows on virtual drives.
Be sure to check if your computer is UEFI or legacy (which I show how in the video) and be careful if installing Windows 7 on a UEFI based system as you may need to switch to legacy in order to boot it. I am not sure how that may affect the UEFI install on your computer, so be careful!
Anyways thanks for watching the video, and if you have any questions or want me to test something, leave a comment and I will get back to you when I can!
Link to the forum where I found the program (if link does not work, just Google WinNTSetup): msfn.org/board/topic/149612-w...

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@jakebickel2988 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the tutorial on using WinNTSetup. It made dual booting quite simple.

@GeotubersDidEverythingWrong Год назад

thanks man i really wanted to downgrade to windows 10 but my mom doesnt let me so i wanted to dualboot windows 11 and 10 and i tried to shrink the partition and windows doesnt let me and this was the only method that worked for me thanks but on the windows 10 os it keeps disconnecting me from the internet any fixes?

@SapphireTech1 2 года назад

Very interesting! I am gonna do a few later.

@pjay7527 2 года назад

Hi, Thanks for the walk through. Have you tried VHDx(s) w/ Ventoy? Is booting a PE VHDx PE recovery OS faster than the ISO version & are there any differences in operating speeds? Have you compared the new Factory OS vs Win PE?

@-saviorvx.2168 2 года назад

thanks, i found mysel testing/ made a preset bootable image so i dont afto reinstal software making it faster to my taste. my question is after i maxed out the vhdx is it possible to extend it or whatever limit i made is just it, because i want my main os the bare minimum and the second one where i install stuff, it'll save me from corruption bevause i can boot back to my main, and if i get malware will it AFFFECT MY main os

@filotest3093 Год назад

Very informative, thank you!

@JuliasTechSpot Год назад

You're welcome!

@DZac 2 года назад

This is great! I might use this for Windows 7 on my main with real hardware to test how good it runs on a newer pc.

@igormladenov7963 2 года назад

Just and advice if you have not realised that already. If you try to boot Windows 7 from virtual disk, you have to create a VHD virtual disk (NOT VHDX). For some reason I could not get Windows 7 to boot from VHDX virtual drive. And make sure you select MBR - BIOS partition style, unless you have some some special Windows 7 instalation file that can install on UEFI.

@sayaaep 2 года назад

@@igormladenov7963 for vista - 7 use vhd. for windows 8 - 11 use vhd or vhdx

@Merlinscave2008 Год назад

Marvellous info tried it and all worked, but im curious as to how i can be running a installed version of a mini win 10/11 and still be able to copy/clone to vhdx which will be bootable at the end of the day (yes im a newbie) any help would be nice cheers

@geometrictomato 2 года назад

Wow, I've never watched this channel for ages, and ive seen my old comments it's so cringe asf LMFAO anyways im back and i enjoyed this :)))

@teknixstuff 6 месяцев назад

Tip: Despite Microsoft saying otherwise, you can combine VHDX boot, BitLocker to Go, and Windows to Go, even on the latest version of W10. You just have to do it manually via diskpart and dism. And BitLocker must be applied outside of the VHDX, and it cannot be booted until fully encrypted.

@Matthew-pf8uj День назад

Thank you so much now I can play more games on more space thank you

@igormladenov7963 2 года назад

Thank you for your tutorial. I managed to boot Windows Server 2022 and Windows 7 virtual hard disks from my Windows 10 machine. Just a word of experience, if you want to boot Windows 10, 11 or Server this way, make VHDX virtual disk. But, if you want to boot Windows 7, you will have to create an VHD virtual hard disk. I tried several times using VHDX and failed. It turns out that Windows 7 does not know how to boot from VHDX virtual disk, so you have to boot it from VHD virtual disk. And also, I think you will have to select MBR - BIOS partition style during the vhd creation unless you have an UEFI patched Windows 7 instalation file.

@algret132 5 месяцев назад

will this work on a mac that has bootcamp windows 10?

@dylan-uq1lk Год назад

holy shit, thanks!

@KPoWasTaken 2 года назад

Sounds interesting It was

@HeitorYT Год назад

The EFI part is orange. what do i do?

@computersetc1123 2 года назад

As far as installing Windows 11 Home and Microsoft Accounts. There is a way to skip that I will refresh myself on that and post the link here.

@RoyAnne5311 Год назад

where can i find install.?

@NotJohnTanner 2 года назад

For some reason when I try to boot into my main os or even my vhdx install of windows 11 it becomes a black screen

@NotJohnTanner 2 года назад

It was a gpu issue

@NotJohnTanner 2 года назад

I fixed it

@LukeYTP Год назад

Ubuntu now??

@fjeanjoseph1 2 месяца назад

Can I do this on a external HD

@JuliasTechSpot 2 месяца назад

Probably

@PandoTech 2 года назад

greetings, long time no see, julia.

@JuliasTechSpot 2 года назад

Hey and yeah it has! How have you been doing?

@armeddeafboi7276 2 года назад

I wonder if this will work with linux?

@wilbourneftdrakevevos9868 Месяц назад

Did you try out?

@wilbourneftdrakevevos9868 Месяц назад

Cant find 32bit version of WinNTSetup😢

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

Maybe it does not exist?

@wilbourneftdrakevevos9868 Месяц назад

@@JuliasTechSpot I found it I had to try a previous version the latest versions are 64 bit only

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

Alright cool

@rayyanYT 10 месяцев назад

My PC got into a bootloop. Help!

@Notsus135 Месяц назад

And mine, but a blue screen of death

@zgboy23 Год назад

you can update vhd or vhdx if you mount it in virtual machine.

@Promptylol 4 месяца назад

this literally infected my computer with a bootkit

@computersetc1123 2 года назад

Julia you have a comment below from someone named Mamie Robinson. This person posted a link it is a you tube link but it it has some links on that page to adult sites.

@JuliasTechSpot 2 года назад

I will delete it thanks for telling me

@JuliasTechSpot 2 года назад

They have been reported

@computersetc1123 2 года назад

@@JuliasTechSpot Tutorial: Windows 11 Method 1 of 2 Fresh Install - No Microsoft Account ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8MtGt8h3pTk.html Tutorial: Windows 11 Method 2 of 2 Fresh Install No Microsoft Account ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PdYuGCZiwDs.html

@DanielBrosman08211986 2 года назад

@@JuliasTechSpot: Why did you not want install a Multiboot of OS with Android.vhdx with 8.00 GB Kali Linux.vhdx with 16.00 GB, CentOS.vdhx with 64.00 GB? Can doing this cause a PC to freeze up?

@rtmloverjulia1369 2 года назад

Omg Julia, install RTM!! 🤪🍷

@gamewell. 2 года назад

she replied “nooooo” to a screenshot of this

@Notsus135 Месяц назад

Pls help me. My pc is giving the blue screen of death! Pls pls!!

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

I can help, what’s the error?

@Notsus135 Месяц назад

inaccessible boot device.

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

And what did you try installing?

@Notsus135 Месяц назад

Win 10 pro

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

What OS did you have before, Windows 11?

@winksplorer 2 года назад

hold up, what?

@Notsus135 Месяц назад

Pls😢😢😢😢!

@psyclonepman 2 года назад

first

@rtmloverjulia1369 2 года назад

first to the RTM party? Wowww!!!

@jonnyhotchkiss9522 5 месяцев назад

nice tip! so much easier than cli! If you're running vhd on "bare metal" how did you record the screen restart? with camera pointing at screen? looks too crisp for that! was it with hardware?! seen this ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-uAD1DZ3VpPs.html

@jonnyhotchkiss9522 5 месяцев назад

Just tried, forgot about the vhd creation options in the program and reverted to diskpart method, only later found the fix for "can't install to vhd after win7" by disabling the first dropdown option from the vhd button in ntsetup. looks like the image built but didn't restart, but a bit worried by native boot is broke now as bcdedit looks wrong. I think I maybe should have: stored current store first, then tried BOOT to partition sys (on physical disk). I created a system partition on the vhd for boot assigned s, after unassiging current). Bcdedit reports "A device which does not exist was specified." even when trying to reset osdevice on existing {current} entry :(

@Promptylol 4 месяца назад

Why did u give malware that would install a bootkit

@ironmansoc Год назад

Switch for 1.25 for a more faster and clearer talk

@FreeThinker0 Год назад

Women, am I right? Try 1.75

@DRIFTIN. 4 месяца назад

when you make these kinds of video's please lose the music.

@JuliasTechSpot 4 месяца назад

What's wrong with the music? I think it makes the video less boring. I try to make it more quiet in my newer videos though, as before it was probably a bit too loud. Sorry about that.

@wilbourneftdrakevevos9868 Месяц назад

Does usb devices work on windows running on a virtual disk?

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

Should work

@wilbourneftdrakevevos9868 Месяц назад

@@JuliasTechSpot I think for it to work the host os on the physical disk has to have usb working I had usb unrecognised issue on windows 10 on my windows tablet and I thought trying windows 8 would help but still not working, thanks for the video anyways

@JuliasTechSpot Месяц назад

You're welcome but at least you tried.