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Stu_78
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increase the disc space on workstation 16 pro

hi all 

im new to vmware and i have workstation pro 16 and i have set up a vm with 60gb hard disk how do i increase the disk space, i have run out of space to put on software 

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ive read that i can expand but its greyed out  any ideas 

thanks stu 

 

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a_p_
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According to the virtual disk's (.vmdk) file name, your VM has active snapshots. In order to be able to resize the VM's virtual disk, you need to delete/consolidate the snapshots from the VM's Snapshot Manager.

André

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