{"id":916,"date":"2013-07-02T15:09:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/?p=916"},"modified":"2013-07-02T15:21:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T21:21:44","slug":"fixing-a-broken-hyper-v-vhd-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbaginski.com\/blog\/fixing-a-broken-hyper-v-vhd-chain\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixing A Broken Hyper-V VHD Chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago I mounted a Hyper-V VHD on my Windows 8 laptop so I could browse it in Windows Explorer (see below).<\/p>\n

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After I was done browsing the files in the VHD I un-mounted the VHD, like this.<\/p>\n

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Then, I tried to start the Hyper-V VM.\u00a0 Uh-oh!\u00a0 The VM would not start!\u00a0 I received an error from the Hyper-V MMC that contained the following message \u201cThe chain of virtual hard disks is inaccessible. There was an error opening a virtual hard disk further up the chain.\u201d<\/strong> You can see the full error message in the screenshot below.<\/p>\n

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Thankfully, a little fiddling around with the Hyper-V MMC led me to a solution which was really easy to implement.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how I went about fixing the error.<\/p>\n

First, I opened up the Settings<\/strong> for the VM.\u00a0 Next, I selected the Hard Drive<\/strong> in the Hardware list, and clicked the Inspect b<\/strong>utton, see below.<\/p>\n

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In the Virtual Hard Disk Properties, I saw an error reported and I clicked the Reconnect button<\/strong> (see below).<\/p>\n

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Then, I clicked the Next<\/strong> button and saw the Parent disk path was incorrect (see below).<\/p>\n

\"SNAGHTML19f30036\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I clicked the Browse<\/strong> button and located the VHD file for my Hyper-V VM.\u00a0 I also selected the Ignore ID mismatch<\/strong> checkbox, then clicked the Finish <\/strong>button.<\/p>\n

Finally, I closed all the settings windows and attempted to start the Hyper-V VM.\u00a0 It worked perfectly!\u00a0 Victory!\u00a0 As Hannibal Smith would say, \u201cI love it when a plan comes together.\u201d<\/p>\n

In case you are curious, this behavior can be repeated consistently.\u00a0 I went through this process a couple of time to validate it works consistently before creating this blog post.\u00a0 I hope this helps you out if you encounter this error.<\/p>\n

PS: There about 109 days left until the lifts re-open for ski season in Colorado.\u00a0 (Not that I keep track or anything.)\u00a0 \"Smile\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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