VHD: Supports virtual drives up to 2040GB in size.
VHDX: Supports virtual drives up to 64TB in size and provides more flexible protection against unexpected IO errors due to problems such as power outages).
Select the Virtual hard disk type you want to use.
Fixed size - This virtual hard drive file is allocated at its maximum size when created (Recommended for efficiency).
Dynamically expanding - Increases the maximum size when data is written.
Click Create.
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7. It will take some time to create and mount the new virtual hard drive.
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8. Select GPT (default) or MBR for the partition type you want to use for VHD/VHDX and Click Initialize.
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9. Follow the steps below to create Dev Drive on VHD/VHDX:
Enter the Label (drive name) you want for this Dev Drive.
Select the available Drive Letter you want to assign to this Dev Drive.
Enter the Size in MB of the unallocated space you want to use for this Dev Drive. Must have at least 50GB.
Click Format.
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10. When done, you can close Settings if you want.