| English | French |
| available hard disk space | espace disque disponible (Memory that is not allocated to any program) |
| differencing virtual hard disk | disque dur virtuel de différenciation (" A virtual hard disk that stores the changes or "differences" to an associated parent virtual hard disk for the purpose of keeping the parent intact. The differencing disk is a separate .vhd file that is associated with the .vhd file of the parent disk. Changes continue to accumulate in the differencing disk until it is merged to the parent disk.") |
| dynamically expanding virtual hard disk | disque dur virtuel de taille dynamique (A virtual hard disk that grows in size each time it is modified. This type of virtual hard disk starts as a 3 KB .vhd file and can grow as large as the maximum size specified when the file was created. The only way to reduce the file size is to zero out the deleted data and then compact the virtual hard disk) |
| Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard | Assistant Modification de disque dur virtuel (A wizard that is used by advanced users to perform specific operations on their existing virtual hard disks such as compacting their virtual hard disk, merging it, converting it to another type or expanding its size) |
| fixed-size virtual hard disk | disque dur virtuel de taille fixe (A virtual hard disk with a fixed size that is determined and for which all space is allocated when the disk is created. The size of the disk does not change when data is added or deleted) |
| hard disk | disque dur (An inflexible platter coated with material in which data can be recorded magnetically with read/write heads) |
| hard disk drive | lecteur de disque dur (A hardware device, or a logical partition of it, that reads data from and writes data to hard disks) |
| hybrid hard disk | disque dur hybride (A hard disk that contains a small amount of solid-state nonvolatile memory which, when used as a cache, can realize significant benefits such as faster booting, extended battery life, and a more rugged PC) |
| linked virtual hard disk | disque dur virtuel lié (A virtual hard disk that points to and uses an entire physical disk for the purpose of converting a data disk to a virtual hard disk. You cannot turn on a virtual machine if a linked disk is attached to the virtual machine) |
| New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard | Assistant Nouveau disque dur virtuel (A wizard that is used by advanced users to create custom virtual hard disks for virtual machines. The purpose of the New Virtual Hard Disk Wizard is to gather the basic information from the user necessary to create a new virtual hard disk) |
| virtual hard disk | disque dur virtuel (The storage medium for a virtual machine. It can reside on any storage topology that the host operating system can access, including external devices, storage area networks, and network-attached storage. The file format is .vhd) |