IVMHardDisk interface
[Windows Virtual PC is no longer available for use as of Windows 8. Instead, use the Hyper-V WMI provider (V2).]
Provides access to a hard disk image. It can be accessed through the IVMHardDiskConnection::HardDisk property or the IVMVirtualPC::GetHardDisk method.
Members
The IVMHardDisk interface inherits from the IDispatch interface. IVMHardDisk also has these types of members:
Methods
The IVMHardDisk interface has these methods.
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
| Compact | Compacts a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk image. |
| Convert | Converts any virtual hard disk to either a dynamically expanding virtual hard disk or a fixed-size virtual hard disk. |
| Merge | Merges a differencing virtual hard disk with its parent disk image. |
| MergeTo | Merges a differencing virtual hard disk with all of its parents (up to and including the root parent virtual hard disk) to a new hard disk file. |
Properties
The IVMHardDisk interface has these properties.
| Property | Access type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| File |
Read-only |
The full path name of the virtual hard disk file. |
| HostFreeDiskSpace |
Read-only |
The amount of remaining disk space available on the host for the virtual hard disk. |
| Parent |
Read/write |
The parent of the differencing virtual hard disk. |
| SizeInGuest |
Read-only |
The size of the virtual hard disk in the guest operating system. |
| SizeOnHost |
Read-only |
The size of the virtual hard disk file on the host computer. |
| Type |
Read-only |
The type of the virtual hard disk. |
Requirements
| Requirement | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum supported client |
Windows 7 [desktop apps only] |
| Minimum supported server |
None supported |
| End of client support |
Windows 7 |
| Product |
Windows Virtual PC |
| Header |
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| IID |
IID_IVMHardDisk is defined as ffa14ae6-48f5-42a4-8a22-186f2e5c7db0 |