Native VHD boot is currently supported only on certain versions of Windows and is disabled on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how all versions of Windows 7 can be installed and booted from a fixed size VHD using a free driver called Firadisk.

In Windows 7, Native VHD boot is currently supported only on Ultimate and Enterprise versions and is disabled by a license policy on other versions of Windows. This article/tutorial shows how Native VHD boot can be enabled on unsupported versions of Windows 7 as well.