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Virtual Machine - Change Hard Disk 1 Size.

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On my Virtual Machin Properties - Summary, I've changed the hard disk 1 size from 50 GB to 60 GB. But when I go to vitual machine console and I click on c:\ drive it show 50 GB not 60GB.

What i'm missing ?
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coolsport00

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IanTh

was it ide

you need to use a tool to expand the c: drive as it will not do it on its own
you need a program like partition magic or similar to expand it

coolsport00

Ok...yeah, noticed on your 3rd jpg file. It's 2K8, so just do as I mention above.

~coolsport00

Pete Long

Re sizing Windows Volumes / Drives in VMware vSphere / ESX

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coolsport00

@IanTh - not needed since it's a newer OS.

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coolsport00

See here (screenshot). Mine is greyed out because I don't have any addt'l space to add. But 'Extend' is what you would select when right-clicking on your OS volume.

coolsport00

@Charlie2012 - again, this is already a VM as noted by the poster's attachments, and it's a W2K8 VM. So, that being said, the process is as what's already been posted:

1. Go into VM's settings -> Hardware tab, select Hard Disk and increase the amt.
2. Go into OS of W2K8 -> Disk Mgmt (rt-click on My Computer -> Manage).
3. Rt-click on OS volume (or volume size was increased on), & select 'Extend'.

A V2V certainly can be done, but is overkill and unneeded...

~coolsport00

LelloLello

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Thank you. I did the extend... Do I have to run the diskpart extend
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coolsport00

No...not at all. Do you see the extended space added to your drive?

~coolsport00

LelloLello

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yes

LelloLello

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it show in my computer i have 60 GB.

coolsport00

Then you're good to go :)

LelloLello

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