Step by step guide on how to extend Vdi and VMDK Hard disks on VirtualBox

Open VirtualBox GUI and click on your VM. Then Settings > Storage >IDE Controller > Add optical drive ( round like icon on the right) > Point to Gparted iso you downloaded and add it. Again click on IDE Controller > Adds hard disk and point to your newly resized vdi or vmdk.

1. How do I expand a VDI disk?
2. How do I add more storage to VirtualBox?
3. How do I increase VMWare virtual machine storage?
4. How do you increase the size of a VMDK file?
5. How do I increase C drive space in virtual machine Hyper V?
6. How do I allocate more space to my root partition?
7. How do I add a second hard drive to my ESXI?
8. How do I change screen size in VirtualBox?
9. How do I mount a physical hard drive in VirtualBox?
10. How do I increase hard disk space on my virtual machine?
11. How do I shrink the size of a virtual machine?
12. How do I add more disk space to my virtual machine?

How do I expand a VDI disk?

To enlarge a virtual machine's hard disk in VMware, power off the virtual machine, right-click it, and select Virtual Machine Settings. Select the virtual hard disk device in the list, click the Utilities button, and click Expand to expand the hard disk. Enter a larger maximum disk size and click the Expand button.

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 increase VMWare virtual machine storage?

Procedure

1. Select Window > Virtual Machine Library.
2. Select a virtual machine in the Virtual Machine Library window and click Settings.
3. In the Settings window, click the hard disk you want to resize.
4. Use the Disk size slider to set the new size.

How do you increase the size of a VMDK file?

I did this:

1. Launch new enlarged vmdk image.
2. Go to Start and right click Computer and select Manage.
3. Click Disk Management.
4. You should see some grayed space on your (in my case) C drive.
5. Right click the C drive and select Extend Volume.
6. Choose size and go.

How do I increase C drive space in virtual machine Hyper V?

In a nutshell, to successfully expand a Hyper-V virtual hard disk, you should do the following: Expand the virtual hard disk using the Edit Virtual Hard Disk Wizard.
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How to extend the volume inside the VM

1. Right-click the VM and select Connect. ...
2. Enter DISKMGMT. ...
3. Right-click the C: drive and select Extend Volume.

How do I allocate more space to my root partition?

Resizing a root partition is tricky. In Linux, there isn't a way to actually resize an existing partition. One should delete the partition and re-create a new partition again with the required size in the same position.

How do I add a second hard drive to my ESXI?

On the vSphere client, navigate to the deployed virtual appliance, right-click on it, and select Edit Settings. Click Add to add another hard disk. On the Device Type page of the Add Hardware wizard, select Hard Disk, and then click Next. On the Select a Disk page, select Create a new virtual disk, and then click Next.

How do I change screen size in VirtualBox?

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 mount a physical hard drive in VirtualBox?

To do so, open the VirtualBox GUI, select the desired VM, click Settings, click Storage, click Add Hard Disk button, select Choose existing drive, and then select the VMDK file you just created. You can now run the VM that will boot from the physical drive you defined when creating the VMDK file.

How do I increase hard disk space on my virtual machine?

Under Workstation 7, you can adjust the size of the virtual hard disk from the graphical interface:

1. Select the corresponding virtual machine in the list.
2. Click on Edit virtual machine settings.
3. Select the Hard Disk menu item.
4. Click on Utilities > Expand.
5. Enter the new size and press Expand.

How do I shrink the size of a virtual machine?

To shrink a virtual disk:

1. Launch the control panel. ...
2. Click the Shrink tab.
3. Select the virtual disks you want to shrink, then click Prepare to Shrink. ...
4. Click Yes when VMware Tools finishes wiping the selected disk partitions. ...
5. Click OK to finish.

How do I add more disk space to my virtual machine?

Right-click the virtual machine. Click Edit Settings. Select Virtual Disk. Increase the size of the disk.