vhd) files, the very same files used by Microsoft Virtual PC and Virtual
Server to store data for virtual machines. Not only does this allow
Vista??™s Complete PC Restore tool to rebuild a hard disk from a backup, but
it means that you can open a window to the past, so to speak, and operate a
virtual PC off your backup. It also means you can restore individual files...
with the right software.
First, download the latest version of Virtual Server 2005, freely available at
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualserver/. (Nevermind the version number;
the latest release at the time of this writing, R2 SP1, works just fine with
Vista.) Get either the 32-bit or 64-bit version, depending on your edition of
Vista, and save the setup.exe file in a new folder named virtualserver on your
desktop.
When the download is complete, open a Command Prompt window in
administrator mode (see Chapter 8) and use the cd command (Chapter 9) to
make the new folder the active folder, like this:
cd \users\username\desktop\virtualserver
where username is your username. Now, if you wish, you can install the
entire Virtual Server application, but it??™s not necessary for the purposes of
this solution. Instead, all you need are a handful of files. Start by extracting
the .msi installer file by typing this command at the prompt:
setup /c /t .
Make sure to put spaces between the parameters, and don??™t forget the lone
dot at the end. Next, type this command to install the VHDMount utility
from the archive:
msiexec /i "Virtual Server 2005 Install.
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