How to access downloaded Azure VHD in windows or linux

Question

I created and downloaded a VHD of disk snapshot from Azure VM. I tried many ways to access VHD on my own computer (windows and Linux), but I can't do it.

Could you help me with the right way to visit and transfer data in VHD? Or some other ways to download big data from Azure disk.

Thank you so much!

Answer 1

Hi @Zhijie Yang

Make sure you've followed all the steps in this article:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/download-vhd?tabs=azure-portal

For just mount a VHD you can:

1. Right click on the start button and select "Disk Management."
2. Click on "Action" at the top of the window, then select "Attach VHD."
3. Browse to the location of the VHD file on your computer and click OK. This should mount the VHD as a drive on your computer.
4. Once it is mounted, you should be able to browse it like any other drive on your system.

Get in touch if you need more help with this issue.

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