Microsoft Hyper-V 2012 Virtual machine files

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Virtual Machine files

  •  .XML files

These files contain the virtual machine configuration details.  There is one of these for each virtual machine and each snapshot of a virtual machine.  They are always named with the GUID used to internally identify the virtual machine or snapshot in question.

  • .BIN files

This file contains the memory of a virtual machine or snapshot that is in a saved state.

  • .VSV files

This file contains the saved state from the devices associated with the virtual machine.

  • .VHD files

These are the virtual hard disk files for the virtual machine

  • .AVHD files

These are the differencing disk files used for virtual machine snapshots