How to Enlarge a Virtual Machine’s Disk in VirtualBox or VMware

When you create a virtual hard disk in VirtualBox or VMware, you specify a maximum disk size. If you want more space on your virtual machine’s hard disk later, you’ll have to enlarge the virtual hard disk and partition.



Link:
GParted live CD’s ISO file- http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php



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Note:
After you enlarge the Virtual Disk in VirtualBox or VMware. You will still have to enlarge the partition on the disk to take advantage of the additional space.
See the “Enlarge the Virtual Machine’s Partition” in the video.




Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:23 Use the Virtual Media Manager in VirtualBox
0:51 Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VirtualBox with the Command Line
1:53 Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VMware
3:46 Enlarge the Virtual Machine’s Partition
7:07 End screen




What you will learn:
1. Use the Virtual Media Manager in VirtualBox
a. How to enlarge and resize virtual disks
b. How to use Virtual Media Manager
2. Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VirtualBox with the Command Line
a. How to use the VBoxManage command
3. Enlarge a Virtual Disk in VMware
4. Enlarge the Virtual Machine’s Partition
a. How to extend the guest operating system’s partition
b. How to use a GParted live CD to resize your virtual machine’s partition
c. How to boot the GParted ISO image in your virtual machine
d. Download the GParted live CD’s ISO file





















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