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VHD (file format)

VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and its successor VHDX are file formats representing a virtual hard disk drive (HDD). They may contain what is found on a physical HDD, such as disk partitions and a file system, which in turn can contain files and folders. They are typically used as the hard disk of a virtual machine, are built into modern versions of Windows…

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Developed by
Connectix / Microsoft
Internet media type
application/x-vhd, application/x-vhd-disk, application/x-virtualbox-vhd
Magic number
vhdxfile (VHDX)
Type of format
Virtual machine disk image

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Virtual Floppy Disk (VFD)

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VHD (file format)

Nodes48
Edges47
Triples7
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.041667
Components1

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VHD (file format)

Top relations

Developed by · 1
VHD (file format) → Connectix / Microsoft
Filename extensions · 1
VHD (file format) → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .vhd, .vhdx (Virtual Hard Disk v2)
Internet media type · 1
VHD (file format) → application/x-vhd, application/x-vhd-disk, application/x-virtualbox-vhd
Magic number · 1
VHD (file format) → vhdxfile (VHDX)
Type of format · 1
VHD (file format) → Virtual machine disk image

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Important terminology

vhd virtual disk file hard vhdx format windows image microsoft server system files hyper-v pc used operating vhds software support

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
VHD (file format)Developed byConnectix / Microsoft1.00infobox
VHD (file format)Filename extensions.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .vhd, .vhdx (Virtual Hard Disk v2)1.00infobox
VHD (file format)Internet media typeapplication/x-vhd, application/x-vhd-disk, application/x-virtualbox-vhd1.00infobox
VHD (file format)Magic numbervhdxfile (VHDX)1.00infobox
VHD (file format)Type of formatVirtual machine disk image1.00infobox
VMWare Workstationinstance ofOther virtual machine software0.80text
VMware Player can mount raw floppy images in the same way.Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7instance ofOther virtual machine software0.80text

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