How do you create a VHD in Windows Virtual PC (Win 7) that is linked to a real physical drive?

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Published on 2010-01-12T15:38:14Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 1:23 UTC
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I know that you can create a Virtual HD in Virtual PC that is linked to a physical drive so it's not compressed, runs faster, etc.

I'm now using Windows 7 and I don't see any way to create such a VHD. Only options are Dynamic, Fixed, Differencing.

Any ideas?

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