What category would you like to give web site feedback on?If you want to test original Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7 for free, you can give a try to free VHD images released by Microsoft. Microsoft has released free VHD images of Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 to be used with Windows Virtual PC to help web designers and web developers to test their websites in older versions of Internet Explorer. Following VHD images are available for free to download: The VHD images contain full Windows set up with the specified version of Internet Explorer. The images are patched with the latest security updates and are otherwise clean installs of the operating system with very few modifications. These images are specifically designed to run on Microsoft Virtual PC, and may or may not work in other hosting environments. The password to login to all of these images is Password1 and the username will be present when you first login. It contains Windows XP SP3 with IE6 VHD file and was fully patched to July 2011. 

This image also contains the install files for IE7 and IE8.  If you want to have separate base XP images for IE7 and IE8, you can copy the VHD, rename it, and install the other desired version of IE. You can download it using following link: Download Windows XP VHD Image for Free It contains Windows Vista SP2 with IE7 VHD file and was patched through March 2011. The install files for IE8 and IE9 are also available for install on the image. You can download it using following links: Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 1 Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 2 Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 3 Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 4 Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 5 Download Windows Vista VHD Image for Free - Part 6 Due to the size of Windows Vista VHD, it is split across several files, you'll need to download all files for that version of the Internet Explorer and uncompress them to the same directory to unpack the VHD file.

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Windows 7 with IE9 Image: It contains Windows 7 SP1 with IE9 VHD file and was patched through March 2011. This image also has the ACT Toolkit 5.6, IECTT, and Expression Super Preview software installed. Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 1 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 2 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 3 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 4 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 5 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 6 Download Windows 7 with IE9 VHD Image for Free - Part 7 Once you have completed the download, double-click exe file to expand the VHD file. Start Virtual PC and create a new VPC, and point to the files you just expanded. You can download Virtual PC using following topic:Official Links to Download Windows Virtual PC for Windows 7 NOTE: You will need a minimum of 3.0 GB hard drive space free to expand the VHD file.

All images will shutdown and become completely unusable on November 17, 2011. NOTE 2: You may be required to activate the OS as the product key has been deactivated. This is the expected behavior. The VHDs will not pass genuine validation. Immediately after you start the Windows 7 or Windows Vista images they will request to be activated. You can cancel the request and it will login to the desktop. You can activate up to two "rearms" (type slmgr –rearm at the command prompt) which will extend the trial for another 30 days each time OR simply shutdown the VPC image and discard the changes you've made from undo disks to reset the image back to its initial state. By doing either of these methods, you can technically have a base image which never expires although you will never be able to permanently save any changes on these images for longer than 90 days. Thanks to our reader "sumit_g" for sharing it...View other files from this member Jun 02 2013 04:33 PM Aug 26 2014 02:17 PM

VHD_W7_Compact - Make Mini 7 - 85 VHD_W7_Compact - Program to make Mini 7Download and Run VHD_W7C.exe and Extract to simple pathIn Win 7/8 OS Set User Account Control Off and RebootVHD_W7_Compact.exe - Make Portable W7 in 2 GB VHD booting from USB or HDDx64 version needs 3 GB VHD because of extra 1 GB SysWOW64 folderSource is Windows 7 x86 or x64 fresh installed in 10-15 GB VHD Or Install on primary active partition of internal harddisk.Target Boot Drive can be FAT32 or NTFS USB-drive used only for Boot files so that there are no changes for booting of internal harrddisk .Target System Drive must be NTFS and is the drive where the Win7 VHD file is created and this can be your internal harddisk drive.Support topic - http://reboot.pro/to...ct-make-mini-7/Download VHD_W7C - http://reboot.pro/fi...ct-make-mini-7/More Info - http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=25357Ultimate Windows 7 VHD files make use of Microsoft VHD HBA driver which allows in Boot Manager Menu to boot VHD as FILEDISK.

Booting VHD files from Grub4dos Menu as FILEDISK or as RAMDISK requires to Install in Source VHD either FiraDisk Or WinVBlock driver.Additinally Installed Programs and Drivers and Settings are remembered in FILEDISK just like in normal Windows OS.Loading the VHD into RAMDISK is much faster when the VHD file is located on the internal NTFS harddisk drive.Add Drivers from makebt\drivers to system32\DriverStore\FileRepository is applied for Portable version by using Dism.exeRun first VHD_W7C_drivers.exe plugin to add useful extra drivers to makebt\drivers folder.Download VHD_W7C_drivers from http://reboot.pro/fi...versexe-plugin/Let Portable version boot on different hardware to make it Universal by Install of Drivers.Use Universal Portable W7 VHD as Source to make Mini 7 VHD that can boot in any case on all experienced hardware.Mini 7 has smallest Size of about 600 MB by removing Windows Media Player and by further reduction of system32 and DriverStore.Mini 7 is very useful to Boot from RAMDISK on known hardware, since servicing for Adding Driver Packages has also been removed.

Build-in Defraggler is useful (really needed) to Defrag files within the W7 VHD, but post processing is also possible after mounting the W7 VHD.NTFS Compression results in high fragmentation e.g. 85% so that it is advised to use Defrag VHD option.VHD_W7_Compact.exe can create Boot Menu entry on HDD or USB Boot Drive for the Win7 VHD on NTFS Target System Drive.VHD entry is added to Boot Manager Menu and Grub4dos Menu is made when FiraDisk or WinVBlock driver is found.VHD filename W732USP1.vhd contains Architecture 64/32 + Distribution Language + Version P/M/C + Number 1-9Program UEFI_MULTI can be used in Win 7/8/7PE OS to make other HDD or USB drives bootable with the created Win 7 VHD.http://reboot.pro/to...182-uefi-multi/ Or http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=25269BOOT_IMG.exe makes Grub4dos Boot Menu on Target Boot Drive for VHD on NTFS Target System Drive (FileCopy of VHD occurs if not yet present)================================================================================Windows 7 Source VHD preparationBoot with Windows 7/8 or 7/8 PE and then use WinNTSetup3to Install Windows 7 x86 or x64 in NTFS 10-15 GB VHD or to Install on primary NTFS partition of internal harddiskBoot Drive can be FAT32 or NTFS USB-drive so that normal booting

of the internal harddisk is not changed.612-winntsetup-After booting with Windows 7 then Check to have Switched Off :UAC + Defender + pagefile + System Restore + Hibernate + Windows Update + Action Center settings Disable ALL optionsHibernate OFF is needed via cmd window withpowercfg -h OFFInstall FiraDisk driver with R-mouse on firadisk.inf in makebt\firadisk-driver- folderThe 64-bit FiraDisk driver requires to boot with testsigning switched onOpen Command Prompt as Administrator:bcdedit /set testsigning onReboot to activate testsigning - Info http://msdn.microsof...y/ff553484.aspx================================================================================Credits and Thanks to170546-win81se/chenall, tinybit and Bean for making Grub4dos - http://code.google.c.../downloads/listkaryonix for making FiraDisk driver- http://reboot.pro/to...k-latest-00130/Sha0 for making WinVBlock driver - http://reboot.pro/to...8168-winvblock/Olof Lagerkvist for ImDisk virtual disk driver - http://www.ltr-data....ode.html#ImDisk and http://reboot.pro/in...

/v...sb-boot-watcher and http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=22473Pauly for making Bootice - http://bbs.ipauly.co...06e07ab6f3b01cbNeoSmart for making EasyBCD - https://neosmart.net/EasyBCD/-More Info on booting Win 7 VHD from grub4dos menu by using FiraDisk Or WinVBlock driver:http://reboot.pro/to...-and-windows-7/ Or http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=23553Boot Windows 7 from USB - http://reboot.pro/in...hp?showforum=77Boot Windows 7 from USB - karyonix - http://reboot.pro/in...?showtopic=9196================================================================================Grub4dos Menu to Boot W732USP1.vhd as FILEDISK or as RAMDISK by using FiraDisk driverVHD filename W732USP1.vhd contains Architecture 64/32 + Distribution Language + Version P/M/C + Number 1-9title Portable W732USP1.vhd - FiraDisk FILEDISK - 2.0 GBfind --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP1.vhdmap --heads=2 --sectors-per-track=18 --mem (md)0x800+4 (99)map /W732USP1.vhd (hd0)map --hookwrite (99) [FiraDisk] StartOptions=disk,vmem=find:/W732USP1.vhd,boot; \0rootnoverify (hd0

,0)chainloader /bootmgrmap --statuspause Press any key . . .title Portable W732USP1.vhd - FiraDisk RAMDISK - 2.0 GBfind --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP1.vhdmap --mem /W732USP1.vhd (hd0)map --hookroot (hd0,0)chainloader /bootmgrGrub4dos Menu to Boot W732USP2.vhd as FILEDISK or as RAMDISK by using WinVBlock drivertitle Portable W732USP2.vhd - WinVBlock FILEDISK - 2.0 GB# Sector-mapped diskfind --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP2.vhdmap /W732USP2.vhd (hd0)map --hookroot (hd0,0)chainloader /bootmgrtitle Portable W732USP2.vhd - WinVBlock RAMDISK - 2.0 GB# Sector-mapped diskfind --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP2.vhdmap --mem /W732USP2.vhd (hd0)map --hookroot (hd0 What's New in Version 85 (See full changelog) VHD filename W732USP1.vhd contains Architecture 64/32 + Distribution Language + Version P/M/C + Number 1-9 Added Tweaks for Windows XP/7/8 as used in WinNTSetup3 - Thanks to JFX Improvement in all Help files - Procedures based on using Win8.1SE x64 boot.wim as Boot Image File