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== Creating Hyper-V Virtual Hard Disks ==
As previously covered, virtual hard disks can be created as part of the virtual machine creation process. To gain access to a wider range of disk configuration options, an alternative is to create the disk independently of the virtual machine, and then subsequently assign it to the virtual machine after the disk has been created.
New disks are created from the Hyper-V Manager (Start->Administrative Tools->Hyper-V Manager). Once Hyper-V Manager is running, select the desired Hyper-V host from the left hand panel and then click on the ''New->Hard Disk...'' option in the ''Actions'' panel. This will invoke the ''New Virtual Hard Disk'' wizard. If the welcome screen appears, click next to proceed to the ''Choose Disk Type'' screen as illustrated in the following figure:
