I'm using Workstation 8 to test our software and how it bahaves in low free space HDD conditions. For that I installed Windows Vista 32-bit on a 40GB hard drive in a virtual machine. I can easily change the amount of RAM used for that VM but I can't seem to find an easy way to change the size of HDD. I basically need to shrink it down to 20GB, run some tests and then restore it back to 40GB.
PS. I keep finding some unorthodox ways of doing it.... so I was wondering, what is easier for me at this point, to fill up 20GB on the virtual hard drive or look for a method to change VM hard drive size?
You could actually leave it bigger and then shrink it in windows disk manager
that would be the simplest
While it's pretty easy to grow a disk/partition, it may require much more work to shrink it. I think your idea to fill the disk with files might be the easiest way to go. I had a situation like this some time ago and decided to create a folder with several 1GB dummy files, which allowed me to easily change the free disk space by just copying or deleting one or more of these files.
André
Thank you for your suggestions. I looked them over and indeed filling up the disk with large dummy files seems to be the fastest (and most importantly -- easiest) way to achieve what I want.