[SOLVED] what is Microsoft Virtual Disk ? need to remove it

[shinmarwan]

in speecy software i found this :

so what is this 8 gb microsoft virtual disk ?? how do i delete it ??

 

[TerryLaze]

so what is this 8 gb microsoft virtual disk ?? how do i delete it ??

I would guess that this is your SSD's fancy cache.

 

[Math Geek]

a virtual disk is part of a virtual machine. it is the hdd space reserved and dedicate to the vm so it has what it needs to work.

seems you have a virtual machine of some kind running on the system which is why you have the virtual disk there. you need to remove the virtual machine and it will release that space back to the system as a whole. otherwise if you mess with it, you'll mess up your vm and possible cause other issues.

 

[Ralston18]

The virtual drive is/can be used as any other drive - save files.

However, before you remove the virtual drive there should be some understanding of why it may be there and what could be using it?

If you are already truly satisfied with there being no need for the virtual drive then it can be readily removed.

References:

https://www.minitool.com/news/how-to-delete-a-virtual-drive.html

https://windowsreport.com/remove-virtual-drive/

 

[shinmarwan]

Okay ... I don't know how this virtual disk was created ... I had only my 2 hdd ...every one is 1 terabyte then this Virtual disk appeared out of nowhere and I can't delete it from disk management