Virtual Disk Drive (VHD) must be re-attached after computer restart - Windows 10

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Virtual Disk Drive (VHD) must be re-attached after computer restart - Windows 10

Nebous 1

I have setup with two VHD's ("D"+"E") plus external disk "F". Every time when I restart computer "E" VHD + external disk "F" are already attached. However drive "D" is missing and must be attached again via Disk Management. I want all three disks to be automatically attached when computer start.
Thanks for help

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Xiaowei He 9,936

Hi,

I would like to check if you are using Hyper V VM, and we attach VHD or VHDX file on the VM, then we create two volumes on the VHD file inside the VM. While the volume D is missing after the VM restart? If there's any misunderstanding, please feel free to let me know.

Would you provide the screenshot of how we attach the VHD file (F disk) on the VM, and the common status of the two volumes (D and E), and provide the abnormal status of the volumes after the restart.

Thanks for your time!
Best Regards,
Anne

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Hayze Productions 1 Reputation point

2021-07-17T03:27:16.46+00:00

He is not using Hyper-V, He has mentioned NOTHING of the fact about using Hyper-V

The following issue relates to an "Actual Machine" running Windows 10.

Every time PC restarts, you have to open Disk Manager again and re-attach the VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)
and assign drive letter.

We need a simple solution for allowing Windows to automatically re-attach the VHD upon startup without having to manually re-attach the VHD every single time we start pc.

This has affect with both Physical machines and Virtual machines.

I believe this is a windows 10 bug that needs to be fixed honestly.

Information about my setup.

I have a dell server with windows 2008 R2, hosting the VHD drive in its storage directory.
It does not have Hyper-V enabled, nore is it running virtual machines. I'm solely using it for storage.

My workstation can attach this VHD remotely using Disk Management. Then assign a drive letter of the following (D:/)

When i restart my workstation, i have to repeat the process again using Disk Management.

Sending screenshots to you would be of no help because it wouldnt make sense to do so.

Answer 2

Nebous 1

I don't have Virtual Machine Hyper-V installed. I'm inexperienced user and the tag "windows-10-virtualization" was not applicable. I have standard Windows 10 setup with two Virtual Disk Drives installed. Sorry for mistake. Thanks Nebous

Xiaowei He 9,936 Reputation points

2021-04-15T02:08:31.117+00:00

Hi,

Never mind.

Would you please provide the related screenshot for us to check the issue?

Best Regards,
Anne
Pranathi Panyam_MSFT 1,066 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-04-20T14:40:56.443+00:00

Nebous-6258 Just checking in to see if the above answer helped. If this answers your query, do click “Mark as Answer” and Up-Vote for the same, which might be beneficial to other community members reading this thread. And, if you have any further queries do let us know.
Xiaowei He 9,936 Reputation points

2021-04-23T08:51:45.483+00:00

@Nebous I'd like to check if you get any process with the issue, if you need any additional assistance from our side, please feel free to feedback with sufficient information.

Best Regards,
Anne

Answer 3

I found this as I was researching the exact opposite issue.

I had a vhdx image mounted with 3 partitions. The drives were still "mounted" even after I had shutdown, detached the external USB storing, and rebooted.

I finally realized, I had mounted the vhdx using the tools menu in Easeus Todo Backup.

The mounted vhdx did not even appear in Disk Managment.

Perhaps installing Todo Backup or a similar 3rd party utility would accomplish the result you require?

Just thought I would comment as this is the most current result for your issue at this time.

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