To clarify: On the four steps listed in your post for creating the VHDX and migrating the data into the VHDX, are the third and fourth steps mutually exclusive (either/or)?
OK - just to clarify:
I would create a .VHDX file in each partition, then copy the entire folder structure for that partition into the .VHDX file at the host level?
I've followed your instructions and managed to get the VM to boot.
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I am looking at the third point in the alternative to the pass-through. The USB drive has lots of data on it with multiple partitions. Will this wipe the drive (which would be a catastrophe)?
Inside the...
I am using Hyper-V in Windows 11 Pro. I have very little experience with Hyper-V and VMs, so treat me like I'm a 7-year-old.
I've been using a USB drive in a virtual machine. I've been following the operation where I start the VM, open disk management on the host machine, take the USB drive...