http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt_pietrek/archive/2009/05/14/native-vhd-support-in-windows-7-and-ws08-r2.aspxThis is truly cool stuff. VHDs are no longer "just" a virtualization file format. They're baked into the OS. Yes, you can boot an entire OS from a single file. You can create a VHD from the Disk Management Console without having Hyper-V installed. en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/matt_pietrek/archive/2009/05/14/native-vhd-support-in-windows-7-and-ws08-r2.aspx#9616736Thu, 14 May 2009 21:11:40 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9616736Native VHD support in Windows 7 and WS08 R2 | Microsoft Share Point<p>PingBack from <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://microsoft-sharepoint.simplynetdev.com/native-vhd-support-in-windows-7-and-ws08-r2/">http://microsoft-sharepoint.simplynetdev.com/native-vhd-support-in-windows-7-and-ws08-r2/</a></p> <img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9616736" width="1" height="1">