Do you know that the VHD file will expand to the size of the partition inside the VHD when you boot into it?

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For Example:

• A Windows installation called WindowsInVHD inside the VHD file has a partition size of 60GB.
• It is copied to the D:\ drive of a laptop called Frog and only takes up 10GB of space (as it is a dynamic expanding VHD).
• When you boot into WindowsInVHD (the VHD sitting on Frog’s D:\ drive), the VHD file expands to 60GB - the partition size of ** WindowsInVHD. **
• This means you will need at least 60GB of free space on Frog’s D:\ drive free

If you do not have free space equal to the size of the partition inside the VHD image, you will get a blue screen telling you that you are out of hard drive space.