{"id":84,"date":"2018-03-13T18:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T18:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.mozesoft.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2018-05-03T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T16:04:01","slug":"how-to-convert-hyper-v-vhd-files-to-vhdx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mozesoft.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-hyper-v-vhd-files-to-vhdx\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert Hyper-V VHD-files to VHDX"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Using PowerShell to Convert VHD to VHDX<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Open a <a href=\"https:\/\/gallery.technet.microsoft.com\/scriptcenter\/Converting-Hyper-V-VHD-550b9467\" rel=\"nofollow\">PowerShell<\/a> window on the server that houses your .vhdx files and execute the following command:<\/p>\n<p><code>Convert-VHD \u2013Path c:\\test\\win7.vhdx \u2013DestinationPath c:\\test\\win7.vhd<\/code><\/p>\n<p>You can also specify whether you want a dynamic or fixed disk \u2013 but that is optional. To make the virtual hard disk type dynamic, use the switch <code>-VHDType Dynamic<\/code>. To make the virtual hard disk type fixed, use the switch <code>-VHDType Fixed<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p>You can actually use the same procedure to convert a VHD file back to a VHDX file:<\/p>\n<p><code>Convert-VHD \u2013Path c:\\test\\win7.vhd \u2013DestinationPath c:\\test\\win7.vhdx<\/code><\/p>\n<p>We will figure out whether you want the new file to be a VHD \/ VHDX depending on the file extension that you provide. You can also specify whether you want a dynamic or fixed disk but that is optional.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using PowerShell to Convert VHD to VHDX Open a PowerShell window on the server that houses your .vhdx files and execute the following command: Convert-VHD \u2013Path c:\\test\\win7.vhdx \u2013DestinationPath c:\\test\\win7.vhd You can also specify whether you want a dynamic or fixed disk \u2013 but that is optional. To make the virtual hard disk type dynamic, use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How to Convert Hyper-V VHD-files to VHDX - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mozesoft.com\/blog\/how-to-convert-hyper-v-vhd-files-to-vhdx\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Convert Hyper-V VHD-files to VHDX - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Using PowerShell to Convert VHD to VHDX Open a PowerShell window on the server that houses your .vhdx files and execute the following command: Convert-VHD \u2013Path c:testwin7.vhdx \u2013DestinationPath c:testwin7.vhd You can also specify whether you want a dynamic or fixed disk \u2013 but that is optional. 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