Figure 2.19 Selecting the size or source content for a new virtual hard disk
7 . A summary of the choices will be shown. Click Finish to create the new virtual
hard disk.Also in Hyper-V Manager is the Edit Disk action, which when launched allows a
virtual hard disk to be selected and then have actions such as the following performed
on it:
Compact Reduces the size of the virtual hard disk. This is useful if large amounts
of data within the virtual hard disk have been deleted and the dynamic disk should
have physical space reclaimed.
Convert Allows conversion between virtual hard disk formats (VHD/VHDX) and
between provisioning type (fixed/dynamic). The conversion works by creating a
new virtual hard disk and copying the content so that it will consume extra space
on disk during the conversion process and may take a long time.
Expand Expands the capacity of a virtual hard disk.The Inspect Disk action in Hyper-V Manager gives the basic information about a
selected virtual hard disk, as shown in Figure 2.20. For a dynamic virtual hard disk, it
shows its maximum size as well as the amount of space currently used on disk.