Windows 10: I cannot mount VHDX File

I've created an image file with Windows Backup on an external drive. When I right-click on the file and try "Mount", I get "Couldn't mount file" and a long statement about initializing, partitions, etc.Using disk management does not help either. I'm able to attach the file, but nothing beyond. Have tried all suggestions such as updating driver, uninstalling/re-installing disk, disconnecting and reconnecting external drHive, using chkdisk, etc. Nothing seems to help.Intererestingly, when going Settings, Recovery, Advanced start up, the VHDX is in fact recognized as available to restore.

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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 M 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.

 

Error in mounting VHDX file

Hi SkyOwner1;

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1 - What is a build number for Windows 10?

3 - What is the size file VHDX?

 

Error in mounting VHDX file

Hi,

I have Created a VHDX file Ihave stored so many important files in it today when i try to open it is saying

Make sure the file is in an NTFS volume and isn't in a compressed folder or volume





i have seen in properties when i try to unchuck the compress file option

it is not applyingto the file

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