How to move a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to move or relocate a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10.

This step-by-step tutorial will show you how to move or relocate a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10.

You can even move a Hyper-V virtual machine while it's running.

How to move a Hyper-V virtual machine in Windows 10

  1. Right-click on the virtual machine.
  2. Click on Move.
    Move virtual machine option in Hyper-V
  3. In the next window, you click on Next at the bottom.
  4. Click again on Next.
  5. Select one of the following three options:
    • Move all of the virtual machine's data to a single location. This option allows you to specify one location to store all the virtual machine's items.
    • Move the virtual machine's data to different locations. This option allows you to specify individual locations for each of the virtual machine's items.
    • Move only the virtual machine's virtual hard disks. This option allows you to specify locations to move the virtual machine's virtual hard disks.
    Moving options in Hyper-V
  6. Click on Next.
  7. Click on Browse.
    Browse button in Hyper-V
  8. In the next window, you go to the location on your PC where you want to move the virtual machine.
  9. Right-click in the folder.
  10. Go to New.
  11. Click Folder.
    Create a new folder for Hyper-V virtual machine
  12. Name your folder.
  13. Select the new folder.
  14. Click on Select Folder.
    Select a new folder for Hyper-V virtual machine
  15. Click on Next.
  16. Check the summary.
    Hyper-V moving virtual machine summary
  17. Click on Finish at the bottom of the window.

Hyper-V will now move the virtual machine.

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