Merge .vhd and .avhd files

Is there anyway to merge a disk's .vhd and it's .avhd metadata?
It's hard to make a differencing disk when the VM i'm making the base from never seem to update it's (empty) .vhd file.

Please note that this is not a supported method...it is kind of a hack, but it works....
I think it is also worth noting that I am using Hyper-V Manager, and not SCVMM, and I did not have a branched snapshot scenario. In other words, I never reverted back to a snapshot and then took later snapshots, thus "branching" the differencing files...
With that said...I don't think you have a lost cause if you are out of disk space...
The configuration for each VM is an .XML file...If you delete that .XML file, Virtual Machine Manager loses all knowledge of it (Please note a status of "Saved" complicates this more, but not worth going into now since you mentioned that you could shut down the VMs) Please also note that you will be recreating this VM, so you will need the information regarding number of Processors, and amount of memory, and the like. I was also told that this could cause you to need to activate the license again, but I did not have this problem.
In order to delete the .XML file for the VM, the Virtual Machine Manager Service has to be stopped. Before doing that, all VMs should be shut down gracefully if possible.
Here are the steps:
1. Shut down all VMs gracefully
2. Stop the service using services.msc, or stop the service using the Server Manager
3. Let any merge jobs complete that can
4. Delete (or rename for those of you carefull folks) the .xml file for the VM in question
5. Restart the Virtual Machine Management services...Your guest will not be listed.
6. Find the GUID for the VM in question...and delete the .xml configuration file.
7. Find all of the .avhd files for the machine
8. Move as many .avhd files as you need off to another drive to free up some room, but leave the last 2(very important to start with the last .avhd files and work your way backwards)
9. Change the extension on the LAST .avhd file to .vhd
10. In Hyper-V manager, chose edit disk
11. Browse for the renamed file
12. Chose to Merge the file (It will automatically look for the parent of the .avhd file...this information is included in the child file itself)...the merge will merge all information from the Child into the Parent, and THEN delete the child (this is where your space problem came in, btw)
13. Move the parent of that file (the next oldest .avhd file) back to its ORIGINAL location (very important to put it back where it was)
14. Repeat as needed
Always rename the newest Child to have a .vhd extention, because the "Edit Disk" wizard only sees .vhd files, and alway merge into the Parent, and not to a new file.
This way, you have the room you need to merge the files, and eventually, you will arrive at the original .vhd file, and have only one virtual hard drive.
After all of this, just re-create the Virtual Machine, and use the combined .vhd file in the Wizard...

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