Extend VM’s hard disk (in Windows) – Part 2

March 4th, 2010 by ssa Leave a reply »

Extend VM’s hard disk:

Here is link to part 1:

http://vspug.com/ssa/2010/02/19/expanding-vmware-hard-disk/

After you have extended VM’s disk space using VM utility, second step is use that extended space in Windows. Here are the steps to do that:

1. Open Server Manager and expand “Storage” node.
2. Select “Disk Management”.
3. You will see two partitions against Disk 0. The second partition will be “Unallocated”.
4. Right-click first partition and select “Extend Volume”.
5. In the wizard that opens up, click “Next” and then click “Finish”.

That’s it. Now your space has been extended.

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