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How to Open VHD Files without Windows Virtual PC

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Problem

A Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) is a disk image format used by Microsoft Virtual PC. VHD enables users to test software on different operating systems without installing a second hard disk or a new operating system. If you want to open VHD files, you could use a small vhd viewer to view and extract VHD contents.

Solution

WinImage is a disk imaging application and also an useful VHD viewer.

Download WinImage from BorhterSoft or Gilles Vollant (Official Site). WinImage is a Shareware, however, we could use it for 30 days with full function.
Launch WinImage and click OK button to continue.
This is the main interface of WinImage.
Click menu "File->Open" to open VHD files to view.
Select "Virtual Hard Disks (*.vhd, *.vud)" from the "Files of type" drop-down menu to display VHD files in Windows Explorer. Then select VHD and click on Open button to open it.
In the prompt window, click OK to continue.
And now your VHD file is opened in WinImage and the structure of VHD files is displayed visualized.
Right click any file or folder and select "Extract" from the right-click menu to extract files from VHD image.