Hyper V - Boot disk via USB drive

Seb 1 Reputation point
2022-03-22T09:07:24.56+00:00

My old surface pro failed, so I've put the M.2 SSD from this in to USB enclosure which works well, as I can access all the files now.

But can I also boot the USB using Hyper-V ?

I've tried converting this to VHDX file and using Hyper-V to boot from that, but it complains about a username and password before even booting up. I cant find anything in the settings as to give the username/password,

I've also tried attached the USB as a virtual disk on my PC, and pointing Hyper-V at this, but it complains about not being able to create a checkpoint before booting up.

How do I get this to boot up?

thanks, Seb

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-03-22T12:32:33.24+00:00

    Sorry, but no this cannot work.

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