We had some problem on our server and during clean ups some xml files were lost. Because of this, some good posts are missing from my blog! And surprisingly there wasn't any backup running on our box either *~##(@)@!)#%!$@#. I will try and cover some of the topics in the near future. In the meanwhile, I am trying the boot from vhd as an option to see how it works for general development for 2010. Running development machine on VPC is fine for some general development stuff, but when it comes to doing more (like integrating VPC with a scanner or a DVD/RW drive), both VPC and Virtual Server came short on that. So, I am really looking forward to seeing how booting from vhd works for me truly for SP10 development. Few things that I have learnt, that I would like to share with you is.

1) Your host machine has to have Windows VISTA or WINDOWS 7 (Preferably Windows 7). With Windows Vista you have to install the new boot loader and stuff but still workable.

2) Your guest machine OS can only be Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 or better (meaning R2). So you cannot run Windows Server 2003 VHD or Windows XP VHD as bootable.

Just some tidbits, I wanted to share. Take care and Enjoy!