By default the volume size is set to the size of the entire disk.

This action will start the new simple volume wizard.

Right click the drive area on the right and select New Simple Volume.

Once initialization is complete, the disk will need to be assigned a drive letter and set up as a simple volume.

Choose the partition style and click OK to continue.

Right click the title section on the left and select Initialize Disk.

It cannot be used until it is initialized. The new drive is now displayed in the Disk Management window.It will not exceed the size assigned to it. A Dynamically expanding VHD as the name suggests will shrink and grow as files are added or deleted from it.

A fixed drive acts like a physical hard drive and stays at the assigned size. While the VHDX supports larger drives you may run into compatibility issues if any operating systems earlier than Windows 8 tries to access the files.

From the Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk box name the VHD (example xxxxx.vhd), and choose its location.

Click on Action from the menu and select Create VHD.

From the desktop right click on the start button.

This article will show you how to create a VHD in Windows 8.1. Virtual hard drives allow you to assign space to move files to and from them and even install an entire operating system on it as if it were a real hard drive.

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