VHD Boot

Select any physical machine where you want the VHD to be created :

1. Select a machine where Win 7 RC or Windows Server 2008 R2 is installed. On this machine, install WAIK. You can download the WAIK for Win 7 or Win 2K8 R2 from  www.microsoft.com site for free. Its a free downloadable file.
2. Opened CMD. Typed in the command DISKPART. We can create a virtual disk using DISKPART utility.
Syntax Used : Create VDisk File="D:\VHD\bootvhd.hd" Maximum=15000 type=fixed
The virtual harddisk is created in D:\VHD with name bootvhd.vhd
3. Copied the Install.win (available on TS-CORE-43 machine) into D:\VHD folder.
4. Attached the VDisk using the syntax : attach VDisk
5. Once done, typed in : List Disk. This listed all the available disks. The newly created virtual disk was showing up as "Disk 1"
6. Selected the newly created disk using : select Disk 1
7. Created a primary partition : create part primary
8. Now selected the primary partition :  select part 1
9. Made the partition active: active
10. Formatted the partition : format fs=ntfs quick
11. Assigned a drive letter (The letter was assigned automatically) : assign
The new virtual disk was created with letter "G"
12. Placed the Imagex tool in the D:\Windows\System32

13. Got the Index of the file using the syntax below :

D:\Windows\System32>imagex /info d:\vhd\install.wim
This command gave the following data:

ImageX Tool for Windows
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
Version: 6.1.7100.0

WIM Information:
----------------
Path:        d:\vhd\install.wim
GUID:        {4e82a2aa-e72a-4e48-a9f3-baf57520c149}
Image Count: 8
Compression: LZX
Part Number: 1/1
Attributes:  0xc
             Integrity info
             Relative path junction

Available Image Choices:
------------------------
<WIM>
  <TOTALBYTES>2719372524</TOTALBYTES>
  <IMAGE INDEX="1">
    <DIRCOUNT>13545</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>59992</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>10298617619</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C331</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xA363D554</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x728F44A0</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerStandard</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARD</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARD</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerStandard</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>3571399309</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (Full Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs the complete installation of Windows Server. This installation includes the entire user interface, and it supports all of the server roles.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="2">
    <DIRCOUNT>6609</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>27717</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>3422758072</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C32B</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x9676E661</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x88DB0244</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerStandard</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server Core</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerStandardCore</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>1047344761</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard (Server Core Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs a minimal installation of Windows Server without the standard Windows user interface, and with a subset of server roles that can be managed from a command prompt, reducing management requirements and attack surface.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="3">
    <DIRCOUNT>13545</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>59984</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>10298721434</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C331</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xA363D554</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xA87951D2</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerEnterprise</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISE</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISE</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerEnterprise</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>3571287268</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Full Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs the complete installation of Windows Server. This installation includes the entire user interface, and it supports all of the server roles.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="4">
    <DIRCOUNT>6609</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>27709</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>3422649344</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C32B</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x9676E661</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xBCD52656</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerEnterprise</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server Core</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISECORE</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISECORE</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerEnterpriseCore</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>1047232821</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise (Server Core Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs a minimal installation of Windows Server without the standard Windows user interface, and with a subset of server roles that can be managed from a command prompt, reducing management requirements and attack surface.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="5">
    <DIRCOUNT>13545</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>59981</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>10298743355</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C331</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xA363D554</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xD523DFEA</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerDatacenter</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTER</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTER</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerDataCenter</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>3571242924</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter (Full Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs the complete installation of Windows Server. This installation includes the entire user interface, and it supports all of the server roles.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="6">
    <DIRCOUNT>6609</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>27706</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>3422609441</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C32B</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x9676E661</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C358</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xEA2DC018</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerDatacenter</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server Core</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTERCORE</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTERCORE</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerDataCenterCore</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>1047188563</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter (Server Core Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs a minimal installation of Windows Server without the standard Windows user interface, and with a subset of server roles that can be managed from a command prompt, reducing management requirements and attack surface.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="7">
    <DIRCOUNT>13099</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>58577</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>10010171032</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C331</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0xA363D554</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C359</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x0A696ADA</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerWeb</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEB</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEB</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerWeb</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>3533394372</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (Full Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs the complete installation of Windows Server. This installation includes the entire user interface, and it supports all of the server roles.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
  <IMAGE INDEX="8">
    <DIRCOUNT>6594</DIRCOUNT>
    <FILECOUNT>27635</FILECOUNT>
    <TOTALBYTES>3413691063</TOTALBYTES>
    <CREATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C32B</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x9676E661</LOWPART>
    </CREATIONTIME>
    <LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
      <HIGHPART>0x01C9C359</HIGHPART>
      <LOWPART>0x1EB9539C</LOWPART>
    </LASTMODIFICATIONTIME>
    <WINDOWS>
      <ARCH>9</ARCH>
      <PRODUCTNAME>Microsoft® Windows® Operating System</PRODUCTNAME>
      <EDITIONID>ServerWeb</EDITIONID>
      <INSTALLATIONTYPE>Server Core</INSTALLATIONTYPE>
      <HAL>acpiapic</HAL>
      <PRODUCTTYPE>ServerNT</PRODUCTTYPE>
      <PRODUCTSUITE>Terminal Server</PRODUCTSUITE>
      <LANGUAGES>
        <LANGUAGE>en-US</LANGUAGE>
        <DEFAULT>en-US</DEFAULT>
      </LANGUAGES>
      <VERSION>
        <MAJOR>6</MAJOR>
        <MINOR>1</MINOR>
        <BUILD>7100</BUILD>
        <SPBUILD>0</SPBUILD>
        <SPLEVEL>0</SPLEVEL>
      </VERSION>
      <SYSTEMROOT>WINDOWS</SYSTEMROOT>
    </WINDOWS>
    <NAME>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBCORE</NAME>
    <DESCRIPTION>Windows Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBCORE</DESCRIPTION>
    <FLAGS>ServerWebCore</FLAGS>
    <HARDLINKBYTES>1047254867</HARDLINKBYTES>
    <DISPLAYNAME>Windows Web Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Installation)</DISPLAYNAME>
    <DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>This option installs a minimal installation of Windows Server without the standard Windows user interface, and with a subset of server roles that can be managed from a command prompt, reducing management requirements and attack surface.</DISPLAYDESCRIPTION>
  </IMAGE>
</WIM>

14. Now used the command : (We have selected Option "3" from the above xml file which is enterprise version)
D:\Windows\System32>imagex /apply d:\vhd\install.wim /check 3 G:
This resulted in the following :

ImageX Tool for Windows
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
Version: 6.1.7100.0

[ 100% ] Applying progress

Successfully applied image.

Total elapsed time: 3 min 45 sec

15. Opened Diskpart to verify:

Syntax - D:\Windows\System32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7100
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: TS-CORE-23

16. Selected and Detached the Disk:
DISKPART> select vdisk file="D:\vhd\bootvhd.vhd"

DiskPart successfully selected the virtual disk file.

DISKPART> detach vdisk

DiskPart successfully detached the virtual disk file.

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

17. Start bcdedit to change the boot order.
Syntax : D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=D:
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
displayorder            {ntldr}
                        {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier              {ntldr}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \ntldr
description             Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Server 2008 R2
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {f7d064a3-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=D:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
nx                      OptOut

18. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /copy {current} /d "Boot From VHD"
The entry was successfully copied to {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}.

19. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=D:
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
displayorder            {ntldr}
                        {current}
                        {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier              {ntldr}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \ntldr
description             Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Server 2008 R2
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {f7d064a3-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=D:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
nx                      OptOut

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Boot From VHD
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {f7d064a3-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=D:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
nx                      OptOut

20. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /set {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87} device vhd=[D:]\vhd\bootvhd.vhd
The operation completed successfully.

21. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /set {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87} osdevice vhd=[D:]\vhd\bootvhd.vhd
The operation completed successfully.

22. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /set {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87} detecthal on
The operation completed successfully.

23. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit /set {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87} description "VHD Boot"
The operation completed successfully.

24. D:\Windows\System32>bcdedit

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                 partition=D:
description           Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
displayorder            {ntldr}
                        {current}
                        {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Windows Legacy OS Loader
------------------------
identifier              {ntldr}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \ntldr
description             Earlier Version of Windows

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=D:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             Windows Server 2008 R2
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {f7d064a3-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                partition=D:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
nx                      OptOut

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {f7d064a5-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
device                  vhd=[D:]\vhd\bootvhd.vhd
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.exe
description             VHD Boot
locale                  en-US
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {f7d064a3-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
recoveryenabled         Yes
osdevice                vhd=[D:]\vhd\bootvhd.vhd
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {f7d064a1-554d-11de-8908-b4b50269ce87}
nx                      OptOut
detecthal               Yes

D:\Windows\System32>

After this restarted the machine. The VHD Load option is visible during boot up. But when it is selected, the machine is getting restarted.

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