diff --git a/windows/deploy/images/disk2vhd.PNG b/windows/deploy/images/disk2vhd.PNG index 629ee33e6c..7b9835f5f6 100644 Binary files a/windows/deploy/images/disk2vhd.PNG and b/windows/deploy/images/disk2vhd.PNG differ diff --git a/windows/deploy/windows-10-poc.md b/windows/deploy/windows-10-poc.md index 52b905c47f..282b202952 100644 --- a/windows/deploy/windows-10-poc.md +++ b/windows/deploy/windows-10-poc.md @@ -267,15 +267,18 @@ w10-enterprise.iso >You might experience timeouts if you attempt to run Disk2vhd from a network share, or specify a network share for the destination. To avoid timeouts, use local, portable media. 2. On the computer you wish to convert, double-click the disk2vhd utility to start the graphical user interface. -3. Select checkboxes next to the **C** and **system** volumes and specify a location to save the resulting VHD or VHDX file. If your Hyper-V host is running Windows Server 2008 R2 you must choose VHD, otherwise choose VHDX. See the following example: +3. Select the checkboxes next to the **C** and the **system reserved** (BIOS/MBR) or **recovery** (UEFI/GPT) volumes. The system volumes are not typically assigned a drive letter, but will be displayed in the Disk2VHD tool with a volume label. +4. Specify a location to save the resulting VHD or VHDX file (F:\VHD\w7.vhdx in the following example) and click **Create**. If your Hyper-V host is running Windows Server 2008 R2 you must choose VHD, otherwise choose VHDX. See the following example: ![disk2vhd](images/disk2vhd.png) -4. Click **Create** to start creating a VHDX file. + >Important: You must include the system reserved or recovery volume in order to create a bootable VHD. If this volume is not displayed in the disk2vhd tool, see [Appendix C: Disk2VHD](#appendix-c-disk2vhd). + +5. Click **Create** to start creating a VHDX file. >Disk2vhd can save VHDs to local hard drives, even if they are the same as the volumes being converted. Performance is better however when the VHD is saved on a disk different than those being converted, such as a flash drive. -5. When the Disk2vhd utility has completed converting the source computer to a VHD, copy the VHDX file (w7.vhdx) to your Hyper-V host in the C:\VHD directory. There should now be four files in this directory: +6. When the Disk2vhd utility has completed converting the source computer to a VHD, copy the VHDX file (w7.vhdx) to your Hyper-V host in the C:\VHD directory. There should now be four files in this directory: ``` C:\vhd>dir /B @@ -725,6 +728,19 @@ Converting all Hyper-V module commands used in this guide to Hyper-V WMI is beyo For more information about the Hyper-V Manager interface in Windows Server 2008 R2, see [Hyper-V](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc730764.aspx) in the Windows Server TechNet Library. +## Appendix C: Disk2VHD + +If the EFI System Partition is not visible in the Disk2VHD tool, use the following procedure to temporarily make it visible and include it in the conversion. + +1. Open an elevated command prompt and type the following command. The command assumes that S: is an available drive letter. If it is not available, replace the letter with an available one (ex: mountvol T: /S): + + ``` + mountvol S: /S + ``` + +2. Close and restart the Disk2VHD application. +3. Clear the **Use Volume Shadow Copy** checkbox. +4. Select the C: and S: drives to convert, and then click **Create**. ## Related Topics