Run .vhd virtual machine on Windows 8 Pro

Question

I am trying to read a text file that is in the source(src) folder of the react project(creat-react-app), manipulate the values and write back the new value to the same text file.

I am unable to read the values from the file, even though the code that reads the file is logging out old data, not sure where is that coming from. Because even if change the data in the text file directly, it doesn't read the new value.

I am using a package called browserify-fs (https://www.npmjs.com/package/browserify-fs) for reading and writing to a file.

var fs = require('browserify-fs');
var reader = new FileReader();  


export const getData = () => {
let initialString = "abcd";
  fs.readFile('file.txt', function (err, data) {
    if (err) {
       return console.error(err);
    }
    console.log(initialString + data.toString());
 });
};

export const writeData = () => {
    let data = "abcd";
    fs.writeFile("file.txt", data, err => {
      // In case of a error throw err.
      if (err) throw err;
    });
}

Does it have to do something with webpack-loader for importing the types of file for the build or is it related specifically to create-react-app package which defines the files and folder structure for auto-importing types of files?

I am still not sure what is the actual issue causing. Any help would be appreciated.

P.S: I know using CRUD operations on the browser is not a recommended practice, just using for a personal project(learning purpose).

Solution

If by "run .vhd" you mean use it in Virtualized client then read the following.

Once you initialize the vhd file in your Disk Management and then disconnect it you can then provide the HD for your VMware Player Guest initial setup. As in the following image:

If you only need to access the files from the vhd you can easily mount the vhd file since that features is already built in Windows 8

Comments

[gronostaj]

Hyper-V is a bare-metal hypervisor, it typically runs as operating system, not inside Windows. (Actually, it could run on Windows Server, but it still won't work with everyday use editions of Windows like Win 8 Pro).

[Saher Ahwal]

I need to run the VM actually using VMware player. How did you get the Virtual Machine Settings window