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First post, by Jo22

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Hi everyone,

I've found an easy solution to convert raw HDD images to VHD format.
Microsoft's VHDTool has a converter function for this.

Maybe that's useful to all of you who are 'upgrading' from 86Box/PCem or Qemu to VPC*. ;)
Please just don't forget to rename the file extension to *.VHD.

Best wishes,
Jo22

PS: I've attached v1 since it is hard to find. I think it's a tiny Freeware utility, as nothing says otherwise.
The wayback snapshot of it mentioned a free download (with source), but the files are not archived.
The website of version v2 (at MSDN) is nolonger online, either. Its wayback snapshot had the same issue, too.

(* Just kidding. It's useful to run your favorite HDD image on a virtualizer at full speed, however.)
(* So you don't need to reinstall all software again. Especially installers may run more stable in clean/slow emulation.)

"Time, it seems, doesn't flow. For some it's fast, for some it's slow.
In what to one race is no time at all, another race can rise and fall..." - The Minstrel

//My video channel//

Reply 2 of 2, by _Rob

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"qemu-img" can convert between lots of different formats, including RAW and VHD/VHDX.