Hyper-V create Virtual Floppy

I wanted a Virtual Floppy disc to try using answer files in unattended Windows 7 builds on Hyper-V Virtual Machines. The process is straight forward you create a virtual disk attach it to an existing machine, format it, add files, then it can be connected to any other virtual machine.

The process to create a virtual floppy

• Open Hyper-V Manager
• Go to the Actions pane
• Select New, then select Floppy Disk...
• Create Virtual Floppy Disk dialog box
• Browse to a folder where you want to store the file than will act as a virtual floppy the default location is on the Hyper-V Server (Host). Enter a a file name then click Create

To use a Virtual Floppy Disk:

• Open the setting of a virtual machine
• Under Hardware select diskette drive the browse to the Virtual Floppy .vfd file.
• The first time you try to access the Virtual Floppy you will be asked to format it.
• You can then disconnect it and connect it to an other Virtual Machine

I have not tested whether you can connect it to multiple VMs at the same time.