expanding a vmware fusion virtual disk image
Today I needed more space on my Windows, which is running in a VMware Fusion.
There is a simple procedure doing this:
Make a backup of your existing vmdk file:
use vdiskmanager to extend your virtual disk:
now comes the tricky part: with the build in os tools from Windows XP you can't expand a volume if it contains the booted system or it contains a pagefile.
In theory you could boot from your backup and expand the bigger partition ...
... I choose anotherway, bartPE ct'edition (a cd I customiced for such situations)
when booted choose: Programme -> Festplatten -> Diskpart
it will open a command promt.
Inside that I had to:
After a reboot to the normal Windows. You will be prompted to reboot in order to use your new hardware
enjoy :-)
There is a simple procedure doing this:
Make a backup of your existing vmdk file:
$cp WinXPA.vmdk WinXPA.vmdk.bak
use vdiskmanager to extend your virtual disk:
$ /Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -x 12GB WinXPA.vmdk
now comes the tricky part: with the build in os tools from Windows XP you can't expand a volume if it contains the booted system or it contains a pagefile.
In theory you could boot from your backup and expand the bigger partition ...
... I choose anotherway, bartPE ct'edition (a cd I customiced for such situations)
when booted choose: Programme -> Festplatten -> Diskpart
it will open a command promt.
Inside that I had to:
> list volume(the last list volume is only to verify that windows had made the changes)
> select volume 1
> extend
After a reboot to the normal Windows. You will be prompted to reboot in order to use your new hardware
enjoy :-)
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