VMWare Extending Disk Volume
3. Expand the VM storage Windows:
1. Shut down the VM if you haven’t already. expand the VM then click on "edit virtual machine"
2. Click on Hard Disk then select "Expand" On this menu it will also show how much free space you have on your drive and the limit for the VM.
4. Adjust the number to be higher than what its currently set at(this may be higher than 60 for you).
5. Click "OK" and boot the VM
6. click on the windows button on the task bar and type in “Partition” and click on the first option.
No Recovery partition:
1.Simply right click on the primary partition and select “Extend Partition”
2. Click “Next” and add the extra space. Then click “Next”.
3. Click Finish and you should see the extra space.
Recovery Partition:
- Run command prompt as administrator:
First, check if the recovery agent uses this drive as the recovery environment. You can check this by running `reagentc /info` from an Administrator Command Prompt:
The above output indicates that the Recovery Agent is configured to use that partition. In the above output, note `harddisk0` (indicating disk 0) and `partition4` (indicating partition 4). This should correlate to the information you will use in the later `diskpart` commands. To disable Recovery Agent on this partition, run `reagentc /disable` in an Administrator Command Prompt:
Now verify that the partition is no longer in use by Recovery Agent by again running `reagentc /info` in an Administrator Command Prompt:
The above output indicates that the Recovery Agent is disabled. Notice specifically that there is no indication of a partition being used. Now the Recovery partition no longer serves a purpose, so it can be removed using diskpart. Launch `diskpart` in an Administrator Command Prompt:
Force Delete Partition With DiskPart
List the disks in diskpart. Look for the disk number referred to by the earlier `reagentc /info` command. In our example, this was disk 0. Use the `list disk` command:
List the disks in diskpart. Look for the disk number referred to by the earlier reagentc
/info command. In our example, this was disk 0. Use the list disk command:
Use select disk «disk number» to choose the appropriate disk. In our example, «disk
number» is 0.
Now seek out the partition we want to remove. This should be the partition shown in the
first reagentc /info command. In our example, it was partition 4. Use the list
partition command to list the partitions:
From the above output, it should be clear which partition is the recovery partition. The partition
number should match the output from reagentc /info command earlier and it should show in
the listing as a Recovery partition. In this example, we were expecting partition 4 and our listing
showed that partition 4 is indeed a Recovery partition. Select this partition using select
partition «partition number» . In our example, «partition number» is 4:
Now you can delete that partition. Note that the following command uses
the override parameter. Be careful and double check what you are doing.
The override parameter means we are performing an operation which DiskPart thinks is
dangerous. Recall that the partition we are removing was originally used for the Recovery
Agent environment which we disabled above. Recheck that the partition we selected is indeed
the partition you wanted to remove. Ensure that if you have any data on your PC, you either
have accepted that you might experience data loss or that you have backups and have
verified that you can get data out of your backups. If you are certain, proceed with delete
partition override :
You can now list the partitions to show the results using list partition:
We can see above that only the Recover partition was removed and the partition with data that
we care about, partition 3, still exists. Proceed by exiting diskpart using the exit command:
Now click on the windows button on the task bar and type in “Partition” and click on the first option.
Right click on the primary partition and select “Extend Partition”
Click “Next” and add the extra space. Then click “Next”.
Click Finish and you should see the extra space.
