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Joseph80
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How to Increase C drive space in windows Server 2008

Dear Folks.

My Windows Server 2008 have less space left in C drive, could you guide me how to increase (Drive Extend)

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jpsider
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Right click on the Vm.

select edit setting

select the hard disk

increase the size to desired amount

reboot the vm

log in with admin rights

administrative tools

open computer management

open disk management

right click c drive

select extend volume

select next, next, next.

then enjoy!

let me know if you have questions

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jpsider
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Right click on the Vm.

select edit setting

select the hard disk

increase the size to desired amount

reboot the vm

log in with admin rights

administrative tools

open computer management

open disk management

right click c drive

select extend volume

select next, next, next.

then enjoy!

let me know if you have questions

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MDNaseer
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HI

Extend the VMDK,

Power off the VM

> Select VM edit settings

  > Select Disk

    > Increase the Size

    

then follow this URL to increase disk from Windows

https://www.petri.com/extend-disk-partition-vista-windows-server-2008

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In order to increate the C: partition in your Windows server VM, you need adjacent free disk space.

In case there'the virtual disk only contains the C: parition, the follow the steps provided by jsider​. Note that a VM reboot may not even be required, if a rescan within the guest's Disk Management detects the increased virtual disk.

If there's anther partition on that virtual disk, you'll have to move that partition to get the required adjacent free disk space for increasing the C: partition. This can either be done using a 3rd party product like gParted, or you can use VMware's Converter which allows you to clone the current VM, and do the resizing in a single step (Volume based V2V conversion). Using the Converter has the advantage that the original VM remains untouched, i.e. you can always revert to the original VM in case something doesn't work as expected.

André