Hyper-v (free) delete .vhd

[Ehren8879]

I've recently started playing with the free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and have been able to create a test virtual disk and get a virtual machine loaded. All this using the RSAT tools Hyper-V Manager. Although the learning curve is surprisingly steep, I've gotten use to that recently

Now that I'm satisfied with the test VM I'd like to know how to delete the virtual disk. I have been able to remove the disk from the VM and delete the VM itself, but the .vhd file persists. While I suppose I could rename the .vhd file and or transform it, there's got to be a way of deleting outright, no?

 

[dashpuppy]

I've recently started playing with the free Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 and have been able to create a test virtual disk and get a virtual machine loaded. All this using the RSAT tools Hyper-V Manager. Although the learning curve is surprisingly steep, I've gotten use to that recently

Now that I'm satisfied with the test VM I'd like to know how to delete the virtual disk. I have been able to remove the disk from the VM and delete the VM itself, but the .vhd file persists. While I suppose I could rename the .vhd file and or transform it, there's got to be a way of deleting outright, no?

you mean delete it off the system ? Go to where it is stored, and delete it..

 

[Ehren8879]

I can probably do it from command line or ssh the host, but I was trying to find a way to do it in the Hyper-V Manager software. I figured since I could setup the virtual disks, and completely manage the virtual machines, I could do something as simple as delete a virtual disk.

Nevermind, I've jumped ship to ESXi and not looking back.