Hey everyone! I'm looking for some simple recommendations on how to create a disk image of a physical Windows machine. I want it to be straightforward, and ideally, I'd like the disk image to be saved directly in VHD format. I'm thinking about using a Windows PE environment for this. My plan is to create a disk image of an endpoint, hold onto it for about a month, and then delete it after that. If we need the data later, we could either mount the image natively or boot it in Hyper-V. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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You might want to check out Sysinternals' Disk2VHD. It's pretty straightforward and does the job well for creating VHD images from physical disks. If you're using it already, that's a solid choice!
Yeah, I've been using Disk2VHD too, but I was wondering if there's a way to image without booting the actual system. It feels like that might be better, you know?