msc). In the Disk drives category, you
should see an MS Virtual Service SCSI Disk Device entry.
You should also see a Microsoft Virtual Server Storage
Devices category, with at least one entry by the same name.
If they??™re not there, look in the Other devices category for
any Unknown device entries. See ???What to do when Windows
can??™t find a driver,??? earlier in this chapter, for help getting
these drivers installed.
With all the drivers in place, you should see a new drive in Windows
Explorer, from which you can restore any individual files from your backup
by just dragging and dropping. If it??™s not there, open Disk Manager
(diskmgmt.msc, discussed in Chapter 5), and if you see a drive in the lower
pane with no drive letter, right-click Change Drive Letter and Paths and
assign an unused drive letter to the virtual drive.
When you??™re done with the backup, return to the folder containing your .vhd
files, right-click the one you??™ve mounted, and select Unmount (discard
changes). (Only use the other option, commit changes, if you made changes
to the virtual drive that you want to keep.) The drive should disappear from
Windows Explorer immediately.
Recover Your System After a Crash
The purpose of backing up is to give you the opportunity to restore your system
to its original state if something nasty should happen to your hard disk,
whether it be theft, fire, malfunction, termites, or just your own clumsiness.
You??™d be surprised at how many people back up their systems without having
any idea how to restore it later should the need arise.
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