Convert mimg. (Macrium) Images into VHD, Possible?


DarkShadowMD

DarkShadowMD

Peaceful Citizen
Member
Local time
8:48 AM
Posts
221
Location
México
OS
Windows 11 Pro 25H2
Sup peeps?

Well... basically the title. I'm looking into converting some old images I keep for archive / sentimental reasons, so I can read them in the future or extract info if I need it. Obviously Maccrium format only works with Macrium... is there any way I could convert said image formats into VHDs? Supposedly you can with ViBoot, but requires Hyper V (Disabled in my system) or VirtualBox (I need to install it... no problem except I already have VMWare Workstation... so means more bloat lol)

Any advice in this regard?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built PC
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600G @ 3.9/4.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI B550M-PRO-WiFi Ver. 1.4
    Memory
    2 x 16 GB DDR4 Kingston Fury Beast 3200 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT MSI Mech 2X OC Edition 8 GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio (Integrated)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung C50Rx 27" LED / HP S2031 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 px / 1600 x 900 px
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SN570 NVME M.2 SSD [1 TB] -- External Drives: - WD Scorpion Blue 250 GB 5400 RPM (Data Backup) - Hitachi 500 GB 5400 RPM (Software / ISOs Backup) - Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1 TB 5400 RPM (OS Images) - HGST TravelStar 7K1000 1 TB, 7200 RPM USB 3.0 - ADATA SU800 2TB SSD USB 3.0
    PSU
    Corsair RM750e 750W Fully Modular
    Case
    Naceb Hydra NA-1602
    Cooling
    Naceb Orpheus x 3 (Front) + Naceb Cepheus 1200 RPM Max (Rear) + ThemalRight Assasin X 90 SE (CPU)
    Keyboard
    Logitech MK470 Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech MK470 Wireless
    Internet Speed
    120 MB Symetrical
    Browser
    Firefox / Brave / Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    - VMs: WMware Player - Windows 8.1 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro
    - Wacom Intuos Pro Small Tablet PTH-460
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 15-eh3000la (80M53LA)
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7730U @ 2.0/4.5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    HP 8BC7
    Memory
    2 x 16 GB Kingston Fury Impact DDR4 3200 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon (tm) Graphics Vega 8 (512 MB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio (Integrated)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AU Optronics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 px (125% size)
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SN570 1TB NVME M.2 Drive
    PSU
    45 Watt Charger
    Cooling
    Laptop Cooling Pad
    Keyboard
    Free Wolf Foldable Portable Keyboard
    Mouse
    Free Wolf Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    120 MB Symetrical
    Browser
    Firefox / Brave / Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    - 41mWh battery.
    - Wacom Intuos Pro Small Tablet PTH-460
A workaround if you are confident with your backups and you have the time:
1. make a full backup of your system
2. restore the old image
3. create the VHD
4. restore the full backup

Repeat steps 2 & 3 for each old backup.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14 OLED
    CPU
    Intel Core Ultra
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel(R) Arc Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio(SST)
    Screen Resolution
    2880 x 1800
    Hard Drives
    500 GB NVMe SSD
    Internet Speed
    1,500Mbps
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Quandary said:
A workaround if you are confident with your backups and you have the time:
1. make a full backup of your system
2. restore the old image
3. create the VHD
4. restore the full backup

Repeat steps 2 & 3 for each old backup.
Click to expand...
That's a good idea, except that would make a lot of read and write wear into my main SSD... given how are things nowadays with prices, would be a bit of a suicide to do that lol.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Built PC
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 5 5600G @ 3.9/4.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    MSI B550M-PRO-WiFi Ver. 1.4
    Memory
    2 x 16 GB DDR4 Kingston Fury Beast 3200 Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT MSI Mech 2X OC Edition 8 GB
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio (Integrated)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung C50Rx 27" LED / HP S2031 20" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 px / 1600 x 900 px
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SN570 NVME M.2 SSD [1 TB] -- External Drives: - WD Scorpion Blue 250 GB 5400 RPM (Data Backup) - Hitachi 500 GB 5400 RPM (Software / ISOs Backup) - Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1 TB 5400 RPM (OS Images) - HGST TravelStar 7K1000 1 TB, 7200 RPM USB 3.0 - ADATA SU800 2TB SSD USB 3.0
    PSU
    Corsair RM750e 750W Fully Modular
    Case
    Naceb Hydra NA-1602
    Cooling
    Naceb Orpheus x 3 (Front) + Naceb Cepheus 1200 RPM Max (Rear) + ThemalRight Assasin X 90 SE (CPU)
    Keyboard
    Logitech MK470 Wireless
    Mouse
    Logitech MK470 Wireless
    Internet Speed
    120 MB Symetrical
    Browser
    Firefox / Brave / Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    - VMs: WMware Player - Windows 8.1 Pro x64 / Windows 11 Pro
    - Wacom Intuos Pro Small Tablet PTH-460
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion 15-eh3000la (80M53LA)
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 7 7730U @ 2.0/4.5 Ghz
    Motherboard
    HP 8BC7
    Memory
    2 x 16 GB Kingston Fury Impact DDR4 3200 Mhz
    Graphics card(s)
    Radeon (tm) Graphics Vega 8 (512 MB)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio (Integrated)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    AU Optronics
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080 px (125% size)
    Hard Drives
    WD Blue SN570 1TB NVME M.2 Drive
    PSU
    45 Watt Charger
    Cooling
    Laptop Cooling Pad
    Keyboard
    Free Wolf Foldable Portable Keyboard
    Mouse
    Free Wolf Wireless Mouse
    Internet Speed
    120 MB Symetrical
    Browser
    Firefox / Brave / Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    - 41mWh battery.
    - Wacom Intuos Pro Small Tablet PTH-460

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 25H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Intel NUC12WSHi7
    CPU
    12th Gen Core i7-1260P
    Motherboard
    NUC12WSBi7
    Memory
    64 GB Micron PC4-25600
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics
    Sound Card
    on-board Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U3219Q
    Screen Resolution
    3840 x 2160
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SSD 990 PRO 1TB
    Crucial MX500 2 TB
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
DarkShadowMD said:
Sup peeps?

Well... basically the title. I'm looking into converting some old images I keep for archive / sentimental reasons, so I can read them in the future or extract info if I need it. Obviously Maccrium format only works with Macrium... is there any way I could convert said image formats into VHDs? Supposedly you can with ViBoot, but requires Hyper V (Disabled in my system) or VirtualBox (I need to install it... no problem except I already have VMWare Workstation... so means more bloat lol)

Any advice in this regard?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers!
Click to expand...

If you are able to mount the macrium image you could capture the mount to .vhdx using wbadmin commands

if you can't mount the image you could create a vhd in diskmgmt and restore the macrium image to it
 
Last edited:

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win7,Win11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-9700
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x16gb 3600mhz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    benq gw2480
    PSU
    bequiet pure power 11 400CM
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Operating System
    win7,win11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200
    PSU
    xfx pro 450
I just noticed there are instructions if you dont know how

Restoring a Disk Image to a VHD

This article applies to Windows 7/Server 2008R2 and higher versions of Windows. - Overview - Creating a VHD - Launching Disk Management - Creating a VHD(X) - Mounting the VHD(X) - Restoring a Disk Ima
kbx.macrium.com
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Win7,Win11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-9700
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x16gb 3600mhz
    Monitor(s) Displays
    benq gw2480
    PSU
    bequiet pure power 11 400CM
    Cooling
    cryorig m9i
  • Operating System
    win7,win11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i5-8400
    Motherboard
    gigabyte b365m ds3h
    Memory
    2x8gb 3200
    PSU
    xfx pro 450
DarkShadowMD said:
That's a good idea, except that would make a lot of read and write wear into my main SSD... given how are things nowadays with prices, would be a bit of a suicide to do that lol.
Click to expand...
Modern SSDs are extremely write resilient. The days of worrying about wear and tear is long gone.

Very few ssds actually ever run out of write life. They fail for more mundane random reasons e.g. failure of electronic components.

Worrying about this sort of failure is pointless as it can happen (more importantly WILL happen) but you have no idea when. It could be a week or years.

So there is no point in worrying about sny failure but just make sure you have backups.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
Use Macrium Reflect Viboot. It opens images and creates vhds.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro + Win11 Canary VM.
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS Zenbook 14
    CPU
    I9 13th gen i9-13900H 2.60 GHZ
    Motherboard
    Yep, Laptop has one.
    Memory
    16 GB soldered
    Graphics Card(s)
    Integrated Intel Iris XE
    Sound Card
    Realtek built in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop OLED screen
    Screen Resolution
    2880x1800 touchscreen
    Hard Drives
    1 TB NVME SSD (only weakness is only one slot)
    PSU
    Internal + 65W thunderbolt USB4 charger
    Case
    Yep, got one
    Cooling
    Stella Artois (UK pint cans - 568 ml) - extra cost.
    Keyboard
    Built in UK keybd
    Mouse
    Bluetooth , wireless dongled, wired
    Internet Speed
    900 mbs (ethernet), wifi 6 typical 350-450 mb/s both up and down
    Browser
    Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    TPM 2.0, 2xUSB4 thunderbolt, 1xUsb3 (usb a), 1xUsb-c, hdmi out, 3.5 mm audio out/in combo, ASUS backlit trackpad (inc. switchable number pad)

    Macrium Reflect Home V8
    Office 365 Family (6 users each 1TB onedrive space)
    Hyper-V (a vm runs almost as fast as my older laptop)
cereberus said:
Use Macrium Reflect Viboot. It opens images and creates vhds.
Click to expand...
That creates a .vhdx file and is probably the simplest method. You can choose where to store the .vhdx file
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Self build
    CPU
    Core i7-13700K
    Motherboard
    Asus TUF Gaming Plus WiFi Z790
    Memory
    64 GB Kingston Fury Beast DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 Super Gaming OC 8G
    Sound Card
    Realtek S1200A
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Viewsonic VP2770 & Dell (secondary)
    Screen Resolution
    2560 x 1440
    Hard Drives
    Kingston KC3000 2TB NVME SSD & SATA HDDs & SSD
    PSU
    EVGA SuperNova G2 850W
    Case
    Nanoxia Deep Silence 1
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D14
    Keyboard
    Microsoft Digital Media Pro
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless
    Internet Speed
    80 Mb / s
    Browser
    Chrome
    Antivirus
    Defender, Malwarebytes Free & AdwCleaner
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

Batch Convert CDR to JPG Images
Replies
1
Views
2K
timbobit
timbobit
Indexing RAW images, is it possible?
2
Replies
23
Views
5K
barman58
barman58

Latest Support Threads

Latest Tutorials

Back
Top Bottom