A colleague passed me a Virtual PC machine that consists of two files, a .vmc and a .vhd, where shall I put them, directly in the "My Virtual Machines" folder, or is there another location?
Where to place Virtual PC .vmc and .vhd files
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The default is in the My Virtual Machines folder under My Documents, but you can specify something else on creation:
Per the XML settings* of the XP Mode VM om my machine, I can see the VHD located at:
C:\Users\xxxx\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Virtual PC\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vhd
(Where xxxx is your username)
*This information is stored in the Configuration File at the following location:
C:\Users\xxxx\Virtual Machines\Windows XP Mode.vmcx
Best Answer
Are you running Windows 7? If so then you can mount the VHD directly from Disk Management. I think it's in the Action menu.
As for where to place the VHD, it doesn't really matter. The VHD is the actual disk and the VMC file is the configuration file. Just make sure that they are in the same folder.