Windows 10: How can we mount vhdx disks in the Windows Sandbox?

Discus and support How can we mount vhdx disks in the Windows Sandbox? in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I am unable to mount a vhdx inside my sandbox. Doubleclicking the .vhdx file gives me an error popup "Problem beim Bereitstsellen der Datei". The... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by BenediktRadtke, Dec 6, 2020.

  1. BENEDIKTRADTKE
    BenediktRadtke Win User

    How can we mount vhdx disks in the Windows Sandbox?


    I am unable to mount a vhdx inside my sandbox.



    Doubleclicking the .vhdx file gives me an error popup "Problem beim Bereitstsellen der Datei".


    The powershell Mount-VHD cmdlet gives me a "The term 'Mount-VHD' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program".



    How can I mount a vhdx in a sandbox instance?

    :)
     
    BenediktRadtke, Dec 6, 2020
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  2. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User

    list disks

    Hi Kalyan

    Do you have Windows 10 SandBox feature turned on?

    PortableBaseLayer is a mounted virtual drive (.vhdx) which is used by the Windows Sandbox feature
     
    DaveM121, Dec 6, 2020
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  3. DREWWS
    DrewWS Win User
    Initialise .vhdx in windows 10

    Why is there no option to initialise a vhdx in windows 10? I am running windows 10 pro, and need to retrieve a file from my previous windows 8.1, which now only exists as a windows image backup.

    I can mount the vhdx in disk management, but there is no option to initialise the drive, so can't access any files within.
     
    DrewWS, Dec 6, 2020
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  4. OLD NOVICE
    Old Novice Win User

    How can we mount vhdx disks in the Windows Sandbox?

    Mount or Unmount VHD or VHDX File in Windows 10


    Hi, and thanks for your reply.

    There is no problem with File Backups. It is the System Image Backup .vhdx file which I am trying to view, using it to mount a VHD (Drive MHow can we mount vhdx disks in the Windows Sandbox? :) which appears empty to File Manager. As you suggested I had a good look at the W7 tutorial for file mounting, and explored some of its links, but to no avail.

    I also tried to mount the VHD with Diskpart from elevated command prompt: Diskpart; select vdisk file=filename.vhdx; attach vdisk. There was no need to assign a drive letter as Windows remembered it, which is annoying. M: was again empty.

    Then, Windows PowerShell: Mount-VHD -Path "[location of vhd]". This cmdlet failed with error message "Mount-VHD is not recognised as the name of a cmdlet ...". Googling this, I found this could be due to the absence of a Hyper-V module for Windows PowerShell. Now, I know that Hyper-V Virtualization does not come with W10 Home but does with W10 Pro. Could my problem be related? Could it be that the image file is vdhx rather than vdh which I assume was the format in W7? I am out of my depth here, and don't want to experiment without advice.

    Out of interest I checked UEFI Bios and found Virtualisation Technology to be disabled, and Hyper-V missing from the Programs and Features list in Control Panel. With some trepidation I tried Enabling Virtualisation. Programs and Features list was unchanged, as was the PowerShell outcome and the zero content of M: after attaching via Disk Management. I returned Virtualisation to Disabled.

    Drive M:'s properties show its partition type to be GUID, not MBR.

    Grateful for any further thoughts. Thanks.
     
    Old Novice, Dec 6, 2020
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