Mount and Unmount Virtual Hard Disk (CMD Command and batch File Method)

There are several methods for creating a Virtual Hard Disk in PC and also there are many methods that are available in our PC for Mount and Unmount of a VHD.

 

Read More About Virtual Hard Disk.

In This Topic, we are discussing some methods for Mount and Unmount. 

Method 1: Disk Management

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Step 1: Open Disk Management Window. (Click here to View Steps – please view only step 1 for opening Disk Management)

 

Step 2: Click on Action on the upper left side and then click on Attach VHD.

 

Step 3: Click On Browse and then Navigate to the Virtual Hard Disk Location.

 

Step 4: When VHD loaded, click on OK. (Your Virtual Hard Disk Will Automatically Mounted)

 

Method 2: Batch File

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In this method you have to create a Dos Command file, that will automatically Mount your Virtual Hard Disk.

 

Step 1: Open any text editor app (Notepad or Notepad++)

 

Step 2 : (For Mounting the VHD) Type Code : 

@ECHO OFF
TITLE Mount VHD by Techfacts007.in
ECHO Mount VHD
ECHO Written by: Shanu Raj
ECHO TechFacts007.in
ECHO.
ECHO.SETLOCALSET DiskPartScript="%TEMP%\DiskpartScript.txt"ECHO SELECT VDISK FILE="%~1" > %DiskPartScript%
ECHO ATTACH VDISK >> %DiskPartScript%DiskPart /s %DiskPartScript%ENDLOCAL

 

Click on the download button to download the VHD Mounting script.

 

(For Unmounting the VHD) Type Code : 

@ECHO OFF
TITLE Unmount VHD
ECHO Unmount VHD
ECHO Written by: Shanu Raj
ECHO TechFacts007.in
ECHO.
ECHO.SETLOCALSET DiskPartScript="%TEMP%\DiskpartScript.txt"ECHO SELECT VDISK FILE="%~1" > %DiskPartScript%
ECHO DETACH VDISK >> %DiskPartScript%DiskPart /s %DiskPartScript%ENDLOCAL

 

Click on the download button to download the VHD Unmounting script.

 

Step 3 : Save This code with .bat extension. 

• Example 1: Mount.bat
• Example 2: Unmount.bat

Please Note That The First Code Is For Mounting The VHD And The Second Code Is For Unmounting The VHD. Save These Codes Separately.

 

Step 4 : Copy These 2 Files To : 

C:/Users/Admin/ AppData/Roaming/ Microsoft/Windows/ SendTo/

Here The Text Admin belongs to the User Account Name.

 

Step 5: When these steps are complete. Go to the VHD file location and right-click on that and click on Send to and select Mount.bat or select your Mount batch file.

Follow Step 5 For Unmounting. Just Select The Unmounting Script File.