You can access them by opening File Explorer. All the partitions that you create on a hard disk are visible in File Explorer.
They can use these hard disk partitions for different purposes, like installing Windows operating system, storing data, etc. Now it can be used as a normal logical disk.Windows operating system allows users to create different partitions on a hard disk. That's all, the Virtual Hard Disk is ready. Open Control Panel (WIN+R on the keyboard, then type control.exe) System and Security -> BitLocker Drive Encryption and unlock the file (find a corresponding logical drive in the BitLocker Drive Encryption panel ):Ĭlick on "Unlock Drive", then enter the password. How to open Virtual Hard Disk on another systemĬopy file "disk.vhdx" to a new system, then try to mount it. Dismount the disk, and you can move the it (the file "C:\disk.vhdx") to any other computer with Windows 10. If you forgot the password, then you can use BitLocker Recovery Key to unlock the VHDX file so keep the recovery key safe (the signature Recovery Key in the file saved earlier):Ģ23656-437586-548768-293192-023794-173624-216755-193048Ĭlick on More Options -> Enter Recovery Key:Īnd now you can open the Virtual Hard Disk and work with it as with a normal disk, all the data are encrypted.
If you mount it and click on the disk, you'll be asked for password. Save the BitLocker Recovery Key to a file: Use a strong password that contains lowercase and uppercase letters, digits, symbols and spaces: Click with Right Mouse Button on the disk, select Turn On BitLockerĮnter a password. Mount the disk as it was described above. How to Encrypt the Virtual Hard Disk using BitLocker To mount Virtual Hard Disk, click with Right Mouse Button on the VHDX file (in this example it is "C:\disk.vhdx"): To disconnect the Virtual Hard Disk from the system, click with Right Mouse Button on the disk, then select the command " Eject" form the context menu: Open File Explorer (hit WIN+E on the keyboard), you'll see the Virtual Hard Disk is mounted as a logical disk: You'll see New simple Volume Wizard, follow its instructions:Īssign any available letter to the Virtual Hard Disk:Īt the end, the disk can be seen in the Disk Management: Next, click with Right Mouse Button on Unallocated Space and select New simple Volume form the context menu:
You'll see a panel that allows to create a Master Boot Record for the Virtual Hard Disk: Now exit the Disk Management, then start it again.
The requested operation could not be completed due to a file system limitationįAT32 and other type of partitions can be use only to store VHDX files. If you try to create it on FAT32 partition, you'll get this message: Warning! Virtual Hard Disk can only be created and used on NTFS partitions.
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