How to mount a vhd file to the host

Why would you want to do that? Well there are many reasons, but most important is to get to the data.

Here is how I do it.

I use Ben's script
http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2008/02/01/mounting-a-virtual-hard-disk-with-hyper-v.aspx

I just edit the script and put in the drive, path and filename of the vhd that I want to mount. After editing and saving I double-click on my vbs file and it is mounted. I have one called mount vhd.vbs and one called unmount vhd.vbs. The only difference is the two scripts is the last line VHDService.Mount(VHD) to mount andVHDService.unMount(VHD) to unmount.

I then open up Disk Management under computer management. You should see a volume that is offline. Right click on choice "online". The disk will come on line and be assigned a drive letter. That's it. Now just go into explore and take a look at the disk.