How to Move a Virtual Hard Drive
This article will walk you through the process of moving a virtual hard drive (VHD or VHDX) from one location to another. Whether you need to free up space on your host machine or relocate a VM to a different storage drive, these steps will guide you through the process.
- Open Hyper-V Manager
1. Right-click the VM using the hard drive you want to move.
2. Right-click on the VM
3. Select Move - Choose Move the virtual machine’s storage
Click Next - Choose the Storage Location to Move
Select Move only the virtual hard disks
Click Next - Select the Virtual Hard Drive(s) to Move
Select the specific VHD or VHDX file you want to move, in this example we will move the DATA virtual hard disk.
Click Next - Click Browse to select the new location for the virtual hard drive
Click Next - Review the Summary page to confirm your selections
Click Finish
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