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In [[Creating Hyper-V Virtual Machines]] we looked at creating a Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) as part of the ''Create New Virtual Machine'' wizard process. Unfortunately, the ease of use of the wizard masks some powerful features of Virtual Hard Disks within Hyper-V. The purpose of this chapter, therefore, is to cover some of the more advanced features of Hyper-V virtual hard disk creation and configuration.
== Getting Information about a Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disk ==
Information about an existing Hyper-V virtual hard disk, such as the current size, maximum size, image file location and disk type, can be obtained at any time using the Hyper-V Manager. To achieve this, right click on the virtual machine to which the disk is assigned from the list of virtual machines displayed by Hyper-V Manager and click on the ''Settings...'' option of the resulting menu. In the Settings dialog, select the required hard drive from the ''Hardware'' panel which runs down the left hand side of the dialog. This will update the main panel to relect reflect the selected disk drive. In the ''Media'' section of this panel, click on the ''Inspect'' button to invoke the ''Virtual Hard Disk Properties'' dialog as illustrated below:
With the disk now assigned to a SCSI controller, all that remains is to disconnect the drive from the IDE controller. To do so, select the disk entry beneath the IDE controller in the ''Hardware'' panel and click on ''Remove'' in the main hard disk settings panel. The disk with then be disconnected from IDE controller, leaving it accessible only through the SCSI controller.
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