How to add and remove multiple versions of Windows on a single computer.
This is an update to a previous video where you needed an existing install of Windows - check out that video here:
https://youtu.be/7JBFJuA5QsM?si=Rqe59PxoltBoxgSa
Download Windows 11 from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows11
Download Windows 10 from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10
Diskpart commands for formatting the disk to enable booting to Virtual Disks
For a UEFI BIOS
list disk
Select disk 0
Clean
Convert gpt
Create partition efi size=200
Format fs=fat32 label "System"
Create partition msr size=128
Create partition primary
Format fs=ntfs quick label "Host-Drive"
Assign
For a Legacy BIOS
list disk
Select disk 0
Clean
Create partition primary size=100
Format fs=ntfs quick label="System"
Assign
Active
Create partition primary
Format fs=ntfs quick label="Host-Drive"
Assign
Diskpart commands to create a virtual disk
Create vdisk file=C:\filename.vhdx maximum=81920
Select vdisk file=C:\filename.vhd
Attach vdisk
Change C:\ to whatever drive letter you have for your main hard disk
Change 81920 to whatever size you want your disk to be (in MB) or just enter size to the nearest 1000, e.g 80000
You can use an online calculator if you want to be exact.
https://www.gbmb.org/gb-to-mb
Diskpart commands to increase the size of a virtual disk.
Select Vdisk file=D:\xxxxxxx.VHDX
Where D:\xxxxx.VHDX is the path and filename of the virtual disk you want to increase
Expand vdisk maximum=102400
Change 102400 to whatever size in MB you want to increase it to
Attach vdisk
List volume
Select volume x:
Change x: to whatever drive letter the attached virtual disk has got
Extend