VMware Communities: Message List - Changing drive size

Re: Changing drive size

JoeHuber — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:45:31 GMT

Using Fusion 2.02 I added a second larger virtual hard disk, cloned my first HD to it, and then used the - button to delete the first hard disk.

Unfortunately Fusion then refused to start up that VM saying that the IDE master slave relationships were messed up. Something about there being a Slave but no Master.

Any suggestions?

Re: Changing drive size

cstoner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:01:07 GMT

I had tried changing the drive with the guest shutdown but not with
the guest window still open. That did the trick. I may still go the
route of changing the drive size but at least now I have options.

Thank you for your help and quick response.

Re: Changing drive size

cstoner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:59:03 GMT

Thanks for the quick assistance.

Re: Changing drive size

borisdusek — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:32:54 GMT

You have to shutdown the virtual machine first (i.e. Virtual machine > Shutdown Guest or so)

Re: Changing drive size

cstoner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:31:07 GMT

For whatever reason VM Fusion does not allow me to add a drive. When I
select Hard disk and click the plus sign the only thing enabled is
Shared Folders.

Re: Changing drive size

borisdusek — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:25:12 GMT

Have a look at Resizing a Virtual Disk for Windows Guests with Step by Step Instructions. Alternatives include adding a second hard disk or using Shared Folders for data files.

Changing drive size

cstoner — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:20:14 GMT

Macbook
CPU 2.4ghz
Mem 4gb
Disk 160gb
OS Mac OS X 10.5.2

VM Fusion 1.1.1 (72241)
Guest Windows XP Pro SP2

When I first setup Fusion I pre-allocated all of the 20gb of disk space. How can I increase the size of the drive to say 30gb?

THANKS