Do you know how to setup a Boot to VHD Image?

Using Boot to VHD is very similar to dual-booting your machine, except that you do not have to partition your hard drive. It also has performance benefits over using a Hyper-V server for presentations.

Pre-Requisites

• The presentation computer running Windows
• A SysPreped VHD image to be deployed onto the presentation computer

1. Copy a SysPreped VHD image to the laptop to be used for the presentation.
2. Open an Administrative command prompt.
3. Type:

bcdedit /copy {default} /d “Demo-NameOfDemo”

1. Type:

bcdedit /set <GUID>  device vhd=[D:]\VM-DEV-SharePoint_2010_Public_Beta.vhd

D: is the drive the VHD is located and VM-DEV-SharePoint_2010_Public_Beta.vhd is the location of your VHD file. Make sure you update with the GUID you got in the previous step.

1. Type:

bcdedit /set <GUID> detecthal on

1. Reboot the computer and now you will have the option to choose between Windows 7 and the new Boot to VHD image.