Hi,

 

You can configure the Windows Boot Loader using BCDEDIT to boot off a VHD drive from the boot menu:

 

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Windows 7 VHD"

Copy the output of the GUID and use it here:

my example is: db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae

 

Do not use my GUID!

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae} device v
hd=”[H:]\Windows 7 Development\Windows 7 Development.vhd”
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae} osdevice vhd=”[H:]\Windows 7 Development\Windows 7 Development.vhd”
The operation completed successfully.

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit /set {db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae} detecthal on
The operation completed successfully.

Then double check config:

 

C:\Windows\system32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
——————–
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {db994f41-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
displayorder            {current}
                        {db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Boot Loader
——————-
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Server 2008 R2
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {db994f43-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {db994f41-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
nx                      OptOut
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto

Windows Boot Loader
——————-
identifier              {db994f45-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
device                  vhd=[H:]\Windows 7 Development\Windows 7 Development.vhd

path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows 7 VHD
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {db994f43-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                vhd=[H:]\Windows 7 Development\Windows 7 Development.vhd

systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {db994f41-acc9-11df-a9e1-e4856d34cfae}
nx                      OptOut
hypervisorlaunchtype    Auto
detecthal               Yes

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