VHD vs. VHDX: What Is the Difference and When Should You Use Them?

Virtual machines are computers that live within our computers, so to speak. You can install a guest operating system that’s similar to yours, and the environment can imitate and emulate a working computer using a fraction of your hardware as well as a little something called virtual storage. This is what your virtual machine will recognize as its storage, and it’s usually a file you can manipulate like any other file within your PC.