Delete Virtual Hard Drive in Windows 8

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Hi, you're watching VisiHow. This is a tutorial on how to delete a virtual disk on a Windows 8 computer.

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   If we open the File Explorer, we'll see our disk

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   The location of the VHD file is on Disk (D:).

   

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   If we try to delete it by clicking "Delete" and then "Yes", the system will tell us that the action can't be completed because the file is open in System

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   We need to right-click in the lower left corner of the screen and click "Disk Management"

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   Wait for it to load.

   

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   When it loads, scroll down and find the disk to delete

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   Right-click on the left side of the list and click "Detach VHD"

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   Click "OK"

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   Wait for it to finish.

   

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   Now we can close the Disk Management window

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   If we open the File Explorer, we'll see that the virtual disk is no longer available here

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   Now it's safe to delete the VHD file. Hit "Delete" on the keyboard and click "Yes". It's deleted.

   

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   It's now in the Recycle Bin

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    This concludes the tutorial on how to delete a virtual disk on a Windows 8 computer

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I'm using windows 10 I created a VHD in drive 1 but it tells me there is insufficient space to copy a partition from C: I either need to delete this VHD and create a new larger one or increase the size of the existing one please help?

I created a VHD in drive 1 but it tells me there is insufficient space to copy a partition from C: I either need to delete this VHD and create a new larger one or increase the size of the existing one please help

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