Portlock Leap Frog: Frequently Asked Questions
Introduction
Listed below are answers to the most frequently asked questions by Portlock Leap Frog users. Click on a question to view the answer.
Yes, you can use Windows 7 Professional to setup a bootable VHD environment, however Windows 7 Professional cannot be installed into a VHD. Only Windows 7 Ultimate and Enterprise or Windows Server 2008 R2 (any version) can be installed into a VHD.
Yes. VHD boot is NOT dependent on hardware virtualization, unlike virtual machines.
A minimum of 512 MB, however, 1 GB is recommended.
Yes, however, Windows XP Mode requires an additional 1 GB of RAM, an additional 15 GB of disk space and a processor capable of hardware virtualization with Intel® VT or AMD-V™ enabled.
Yes. Windows 7 has a limit of 255 Boot Entries.
Yes. Portlock Leap Frog provides the ability to simply attach (mount) a VHD. Once attached, it is treated by Windows as a new device and you will have access to all the files from the VHD.
The decrease in performance when running a VHD natively is reported at an extremely moderate 3%.
Yes. Portlock Leap Frog is also distributed with a WinPE-based boot CD created for bare-metal systems.
Yes. An NTFS volume is required for native VHD boot.
Yes. Portlock Leap Frog is aware of the various boot environments. The new booting virtual disk will be stored on a supported drive and the correct boot loader will be updated with the new boot information.
No. Booting virtual disks need to be stored on physical disk drives and not within other virtual disks.
No. The Windows 7 boot loader does not have support for virtual disks on USB devices. Only fixed disk drives are supported for VHD boot.
Convert your volume(s) to NTFS. Open Command Prompt. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and click Command Prompt. In the command prompt window, type: convert drive_letter: /fs:ntfs. Example "convert D: /fs:ntfs"
