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Andy King - 17 Nov 2004 09:55 GMT

Hello all,

Am i being blonde here?!? i thought vpc auto expanded the virtual hd?

The VPC HD is currently at 2.14GB and there's 16GB free space on the host
drive but i'm getting running low on space within the vpc, 190MB free on
vpc. installed with default settings

VPC2004 with SP1 (thanks ms for SP1!!!)

Thanks
Andy

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Robin Walker - 17 Nov 2004 12:25 GMT

Andy King
<andyDOTkingaaaaatblueyonder.coooooo.ukkkkkTHATLLstopTHEbots!> wrote:

> i thought vpc auto expanded the virtual hd?
>
> The VPC HD is currently at 2.14GB and there's 16GB free space on the
> host drive but i'm getting running low on space within the vpc, 190MB
> free on vpc. installed with default settings

Even auto-expanding virtual hard disks have a maximum size beyond which they
will not expand any further. What is the maximum size of yours? All this
feature does is to enable partially empty virtual hard disks not to occupy
their full size on the physical hard disk.

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Andy King - 17 Nov 2004 12:38 GMT

Erm - where would I find out how big it is, max dynamic expanding size i
mean?

When I run the Virtual Disk Wizard, that only lets me: "Compact it", or
"Convert it to a fixed-size virtual hard disk". I'm presumming the latter
will want all of the remaining 16GB (on host) or can that be restricted?

Thanks

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Robin Walker - 17 Nov 2004 14:07 GMT

Andy King
<andyDOTkingaaaaatblueyonder.coooooo.ukkkkkTHATLLstopTHEbots!> wrote:

> Erm - where would I find out how big it is, max dynamic expanding
> size i mean?

In Windows, right-click the drive and select Properties.

> When I run the Virtual Disk Wizard, that only lets me: "Compact it",
> or "Convert it to a fixed-size virtual hard disk". I'm presumming the
> latter will want all of the remaining 16GB (on host) or can that be
> restricted?

This will not make the virtual hard disk any larger in its virtual size (as
perceived by Windows), it will only make the VHD file on the host PC as
large as the virtual hard disk it represents.

If your hard disk is full, you need to create a new VHD which is larger,
then copy all the files from the original to the new one.

A virtual hard disk stays the same virtual size for ever. It cannot expand
its virtual size, any more than a real hard disk can.

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Andy King - 17 Nov 2004 16:06 GMT

Nice - i shall create a bigger one and do some copying then

Thanks for your help

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Gunnar - 30 Jan 2005 20:25 GMT

I am soo frustrated. I have a dynamically expanding HD that is set for 16GB.
When running, it shows a capacity of only 2 GB. I'm trying to install XP
SP2, and it won't because there isn't enough disk space. I'm getting the
'low disk space' xp warning. Why won't it grow any bigger? I tried to
convert a fixed size disk, but it was taking > 3 hours, and was only half way
done?

> Andy King
> <andyDOTkingaaaaatblueyonder.coooooo.ukkkkkTHATLLstopTHEbots!> wrote:
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> feature does is to enable partially empty virtual hard disks not to occupy
> their full size on the physical hard disk.

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Colin Barnhorst - 30 Jan 2005 20:43 GMT

Create a new .vhd with the Virtual Disk Wizard and then change the hard
drive 1 in the settings for the virtual machine to use the new .vhd. See if
that clears things up.

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>I am soo frustrated. I have a dynamically expanding HD that is set for
>16GB.
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>> occupy
>> their full size on the physical hard disk.

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