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Booting to a VHD

A quick pointer to Hanselman's writeup on booting Windows directly from a VHD, handy for anyone who runs all their development inside a VM.

Donn Felker

Donn Felker

2009.05.22 · 1 min read

If you’re like me and run all development in a VM, then this is going to be great news for you …

Hanselman posted an excellent article on how to boot from a VHD. Check it out here.

This is exciting stuff and I’m going to give it a whirl this weekend. 🙂

Donn Felker

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I've spent 25+ years shipping software, writing books, and running my own companies. I write about thinking clearly, working for yourself, and doing real work while AI rewrites the rules. New essays land here every week.

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