I decided to take a backup of a system I had made in Acronis and convert it to a Microsoft VirtualPC VHD. I then wanted to explore this VHD and mount it as a drive on my system across the network all from a Server 2003 system. Windows 7/2008 have VHD Mount capability natively in the Disk Management Utility (diskmgmt.msc).
Since Server 2003 doesn’t have this natively, but Virtual Server 2005 SP1 does have this tool, you can install VHDMount standalone.
First, download Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=2994
During installation, choose Custom and only install VHDMount.
After installation is completed, you will find VHDMount tools located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Virtual Server\VHDMount directory.
For additional information on how to use VHDMount, see Microsoft’s TechNET article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708295(v=ws.10).aspx
Nice bit of info there.