virtualbox increase disk size no unallocated space

I found some saying that I should merge the snapshots together… But 1) How do I do that? In VirtualBox, I can only see restore or delete the snapshot 2) Is it ok if I do when I already resized the disk? Or does it work only before I do the operation? And if it's ok, is there anything else I need to do after that (except go back to Windows and extend the partition with Diskpart)? I'm still trying to read other threads to find similar issues… So what is 9,24 Gio?Īnyway, thanks for your help, I've been trying to understand where it went wrong for quite some time now! ^^ But obviously, the real size is the virtual one, since it is the one that Windows gives me (or at least it was until I tried resizing). I don't understand the actual size.Īt first, I thought that the virtual size reflected the maximum size I gave to the dynamic disk, and that the actual size was the one that was really used by the system and would keep growing overtime. I have a virtual size of 24,41 Gio (the extended size that I would like to get) and an actual size of 9,24 Gio.

If I click on 'Initial' and delete it, won't that remove my 'Actual state' too (because they seem to be connected)? And what will that change about my previous resizing operation?Īlso, there is something that I don't understand about the size that is shown in VirtualBox. What should I do about this? I have 2 lines in Snapshots: one called 'Initial' (dated from one year ago) and one called 'Actual state (modified)' coming out of this one. I think this is why I can see the new size in VirtualBox, but when I switch on the Guest, diskpart doesn't see any unallocated space to extend the partition. What I didn't realize is that my VM had a snapshot (I made it at the very beginning when I first installed it and completely forgot about it). However, the system keeps growing and I end up getting a low disk space warning everytime I try to use Windows.Īs a consequence, I used the 'VBoxManage Windows 7.vdi -resize 25000' command to give it 5 more Go. I don't need a lot of things on the Guest, so I originally made a 20 Go partition. I am using the latest version of VirtualBox on a Mac OS X Lion Host with a Windows 7 Guest. I know this topic has been discussed before but I realized I made a mistake in the process and would like to know what I should do about this before I go on.

Virtualbox increase disk size no unallocated space