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Error when converting VmWare virtual disk to HyperV

I received VmWare image from my client for some testing purposes. I need to convert it to Hyper-V. I followed steps in http://www.askme4tech.com/how-convert-vmware-virtual-machine-hyper-v. I installed Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter and started…
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Mounting VMDK disk image

I have a single vmware disk image file with vmdk extension I am trying to mount this and explore all of the partitions (including hidden ones). I've tried to follow several guides, such as :…
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CreateVirtualDisk gives error 87 (The parameter is incorrect.)

On Windows 10, trying to use the CreateVirtualDisk API to create a virtual disk, fails and returns error code 87. Complete minimal reproducible example. program Project3; {$APPTYPE CONSOLE} {$R *.res} uses System.SysUtils, …
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Retrieving virtual disk file name from disk number

When I list virtual disks within diskpart: DISKPART> list vdisk VDisk ### Disk ### State Type File --------- -------- -------------------- --------- ---- VDisk 0 Disk 2 Attached not open Fixed …
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How can i find the MBR sector in a VMDK file?

I'm trying to understand how the vmware bios finds the MBR before it loads it. In physical Hard disks it's easy - the MBR sits at the first sector. But .. what happens in VM's? I created 2 VM's - In the first vmdk (with a linux-based system…
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Grant additional privilege to impersonating thread

My program, "UP", needs to be able to mount VHDX files from network locations. The difficulty is that any thread calling OpenVirtualDisk(...) upon a network location needs to have both SE_MANAGE_VOLUME_PRIVILEGE, which most of my users will not…
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Why libvirt's qcow2 storage file is much larger than the volume itself?

I am on Arch Linux and have a Windows 10 virtual machine which I orignially created with gnome-boxes. I think it uses libvirt. Currently I run it with virsh. I noticed that the disk image representing a 40G volume for my Windows machine is 93G. …
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Need to resize azure VM OS disk from 32 GB to 16 GB

I have tried to resize the os disk on my Linux VM which is normally created by azure automatically. I am not been able to create a custom os disk - Please advise how do I do it? enter image description here Alternatively, I have also tried to power…
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Can I create a virtual disk in memory programatically?

For performance purposes I want to write to memory, where an external application can read. I can't link both applications together, so I think the only way is by writing a file. But writing it to a physical disk isn't fast enough. I want to mount a…
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Creating VHD files with the VirtualDisk API

I'm trying to use a VSS snapshot as the source for CreateVirtualDisk(). Environment/tools are C++ VS2008SP1 and 7.1 SDK on W7x64Ultimate [Edited] This works on Windows 7 x64 BOOL CreateVHD_Fixed(PCWSTR pszVhdPath, ULONG sizeInMB) { BOOL bRet =…
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SOAP for ''esxcli storage core device detached list''?

I have an ESXi 5.5 installed. After some time, I noticed that there were multiple detached disks. Running the command esxcli storage core device detached list returns: naa.6000eb3b4f9264d90000000000001d6a off naa.6000eb3b4f9264d90000000000001d98 …
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Error: Access denied when using the function 'CreateVirtualDisk' in WIN7

Right now I am experimenting with the CreateVirtualDisk function to create a VHD from both physical disk and virtual disk. I have got stuck here for one week because of the error: Access is denied when I tried to create a VHD from a physical disk. I…
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implementation of a simulated disk for an instructional operating system?

I am working on an instructional operating system(IOS). This IOS runs on a simulator(multi2sim) which inturns run on host operating system(linux). For host OS, "simulator+IOS+user process"(user process that runs on IOS) works as a single process. I…
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Create a shell namespace extension

How does acronis create this virtual folders. For example I created a backup of the folder Example located at C:\Example This is how the backup looks: If I double click on that file then I could navigate to: if I right click on that folder I will…
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Map virtual drive from a folder with custom icon and limited storage size C#

I have a weird requirement. I have to map a folder as a Virtual Drive in My Computer with a custom drive icon on it. Also the mapped virtual drive should be of predefined limited size (say XX GB). I know and mapped a folder as a virtual drive in…
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