How to Increase Disk Size of Your Existing Virtual Machines in VirtualBox

VirtualBox 6 added a graphical option for enlarging and resizing virtual disks. To access it, click File > Virtual Media Manager in the main VirtualBox window. Select a virtual hard disk in the list and use the “Size” slider at the bottom of the window to change its size. Click “Apply” when you're done.

1. How do I increase the size of my virtual machine?
2. How do I increase hard drive space in VirtualBox Ubuntu?
3. How do I resize a VirtualBox VDI disk in Linux?
4. Why is VirtualBox so small?
5. How do I allocate more storage to VirtualBox?
6. How do I add more storage to VirtualBox?
7. How do I allocate more disk space to Ubuntu?
8. How do I resize a VDI file?
9. How do I shrink a disk in VirtualBox?
10. How do I change the base memory in VirtualBox?
11. How do I change the view in VirtualBox?
12. Why is my Ubuntu VirtualBox screen so small?
13. How do I make VirtualBox run faster?

How do I increase the size of my virtual machine?

Procedure

1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3. Under System Settings in the Settings window, click Display. ...
4. Select the Single Window resolution setting. ...
5. Select the Full Screen resolution setting.

How do I increase hard drive space in VirtualBox Ubuntu?

Step by step

1. Step 1: Make sure you have a VDI disk image. ...
2. Step 2: Resize the VDI disk image. ...
3. Step 3: Attach the new VDI disk and the Ubuntu boot ISO image.
4. Step 4: Boot the VM. ...
5. Step 5: Configure the disks with GParted. ...
6. Step 6: Make the assigned space available.

How do I resize a VirtualBox VDI disk in Linux?

Method 1: Using the Virtual Media Manager in VirtualBox

VirtualBox 6 added a graphical option for resizing virtual disks. You can find it at the file tab of VirtualBox home page. Select one of your virtual machines in the list and use the “Size” slider or type the size value that you need. Once done click “Apply”.

Why is VirtualBox so small?

In the VM Window menu, go to View and make sure that the Auto-resize Guest Display option is enabled. Move the mouse pointer over the corner of the VM window, push the left mouse button and change the size of the VM window. The resolution of the user interface of guest Windows 10 is automatically changed.

How do I allocate more storage to VirtualBox?

VirtualBox 6 added a graphical option for enlarging and resizing virtual disks. To access it, click File > Virtual Media Manager in the main VirtualBox window. Select a virtual hard disk in the list and use the “Size” slider at the bottom of the window to change its size. Click “Apply” when you're done.

How do I add more storage to VirtualBox?

Open Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager, select the Virtual Box for which you want to add the new disk and click on Settings.

1. Click on Storage, select hard drive and click on Add a hard disk.
2. Click on Create New Disk.
3. Follow the on-screen instructions to create a new hard disk drive.

How do I allocate more disk space to Ubuntu?

To do so, right-click the unallocated space and select New. GParted will walk you through creating the partition. If a partition has adjacent unallocated space, you can right-click it and select Resize/Move to enlarge the partition into the unallocated space.

How do I resize a VDI file?

Step 2. Resize the VDI file

1. Shut down VirtualBox again.
2. Make a copy of the VDI file – just in case (“MyLinux.vdi” -> “MyLinuxCopy.vdi“)
3. Go into the Windows command prompt (Start->type “cmd” into the box)
4. cd to the location of the VDI file that you wish to resize, e.g., “d:\MyLinux.vdi“

How do I shrink a disk in VirtualBox?

How to Shrink a VirtualBox Virtual Machine and Free Up Disk Space

1. Step One: Ensure You're Using a Dynamic Disk. This process only works for dynamic disks, which can grow and shrink in size. ...
2. Step Two: Write Zeros to the Disk in The Virtual Machine. ...
3. Step Three: Find the VBoxManage Command. ...
4. Step Four: Locate the Path to the Disk You Want To Compact. ...
5. Step Five: Compact the Disk.

How do I change the base memory in VirtualBox?

Pretty easy to do.

1. Power down the VM (the guest has to be off, not just not running but with a saved state).
2. Discard 'Saved State'
3. Open the VM's settings.
4. Open the System tab.
5. Change the "Base memory" value to however much RAM you want.

How do I change the view in VirtualBox?

You can change the view mode on the running virtual machine. To switch to Full Screen or Scaled mode, go to View and select either to switch to Full Screen or Scaled Mode. Press on Switch to change the view.

Why is my Ubuntu VirtualBox screen so small?

You need to install the VirtualBox Guest Additions into Ubuntu. This gives a few benefits, including resizing the Ubuntu screen to match the host window. Then follow the instructions. Show activity on this post.

How do I make VirtualBox run faster?

Here are some tips to boost VirtualBox performance and Linux, Windows and other guest operating systems running smoothly.

1. 1 Get an SSD. ...
2. 2 Allocate more memory. ...
3. 3 Install Guest Additions in VirtualBox. ...
4. 3 Increase display memory. ...
5. 4 Use a better video card. ...
6. 5 Allocate more CPUs in VirtualBox. ...
7. 6 Change the power plan.