How to increase existing space on VHD

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I am sorry if this is the not the right DL but I couldnt find anything else
on the Newsgroup about Virtualization so hence this NewsGroup.

I am using Virtual PC 2007 and I have a VHD upto 10GB and is almost reaching
its limit. Is there a way to increase the existing size of the VHD from 10GB
to 20GB since I dont want to add another HDD to the Virtual PC.

Any answers or links would be useful.

Thank you...

Girish
 
Re: How to increase existing space on VHD

You can't resize the existing VHD. Your best bet is to create a new VHD of
a later size, and then use an imaging program to move the data. In other
words, the exact same process you would use to replace a physical disk with
a larger one.

Corey


"Girish J Bhatia" <GirishJBhatia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I am sorry if this is the not the right DL but I couldnt find anything else
> on the Newsgroup about Virtualization so hence this NewsGroup.
>
> I am using Virtual PC 2007 and I have a VHD upto 10GB and is almost
> reaching
> its limit. Is there a way to increase the existing size of the VHD from
> 10GB
> to 20GB since I dont want to add another HDD to the Virtual PC.
>
> Any answers or links would be useful.
>
> Thank you...
>
> Girish
 
Re: How to increase existing space on VHD

And 2 hours later, on an unrelated search, I came across this

http://vmtoolkit.com/files/folders/converters/entry87.aspx

Use at own risk....

"Corey Hynes [MVP]" <corey@hynesite.biz> wrote in message
news:%23c$DYXf%23HHA.2004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> You can't resize the existing VHD. Your best bet is to create a new VHD
> of a later size, and then use an imaging program to move the data. In
> other words, the exact same process you would use to replace a physical
> disk with a larger one.
>
> Corey
>
>
> "Girish J Bhatia" <GirishJBhatia@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0D24D6C7-09C3-4169-B01B-B7FD15A4B9C2@microsoft.com...
>>I am sorry if this is the not the right DL but I couldnt find anything
>>else
>> on the Newsgroup about Virtualization so hence this NewsGroup.
>>
>> I am using Virtual PC 2007 and I have a VHD upto 10GB and is almost
>> reaching
>> its limit. Is there a way to increase the existing size of the VHD from
>> 10GB
>> to 20GB since I dont want to add another HDD to the Virtual PC.
>>
>> Any answers or links would be useful.
>>
>> Thank you...
>>
>> Girish
>
 
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