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Saturday, March 9, 2019

How To: Increase VirtualBox Hard Disk Size


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Assuming that you are running a Virtual Windows (WinXP, Win7, ...):

  1. Export the Virtual Windows as OVA.
  2. Import the OVA and select the option "import hard drives as VDI".
  3. Exit VirtualBox Manager.
  4. Using Console Window, run command: (Assuming the disk name is disk1.vdi and you want to resize to 40GB)
    1. BoxManage modifyhd "disk1.vdi" --resize 40960
  5. Start the Virtual Windows.
  6. Using Console Window, run command:
    1. diskmgmt (Windows Disk Management Application)
  7.  Right-click the existing Allocated Space and select Extend Volume. Select the Unallocated Space as the target.

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