Increasing disc size

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by Ron Bannell, Mar 15, 2010.

  1. Ron Bannell

    Ron Bannell Bit poster

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    I have two virtual machines and I want to increase the size of one of them. However, when I look for the VM I find only one with the extension .hdd and it's not the one I want. How can I identify the machines so that I increase the right one?
     
  2. dghpts

    dghpts Junior Member

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    Actually I have the same or a similar question.
    I have a windows XP VM (C:) with a second data drive (E:).
    I have lots of room on the E: drive, but when loading software updates (when will an update EVER be smaller) I have been getting not enough disc space messages.
    So I go and delete a few applications to make room, but I am getting to where I can't delete any more.
    I have compacted the drive to pick up the freed space.
    SO I guess my most basic question is this:
    How do I expand the C: drive without losing all the applications and settings?
    BTW, I'm running Parallels 5 build 9344 on a MacPro under SNL 10.6.2
     
  3. KevinClarke

    KevinClarke Product Expert

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    HI,

    Certainly it is easier in version 5 as follows:

    1. Stop your virtual machine if booted.
    2. Select configure (Virtual Machine tab -> Configure)
    3. Select Hardware tab
    4. Select Hard Disk 1
    5. In the Source box you can select your virtual machine to resize
    6. Select resize, at this point a slider will appear where you can specify your new virtual disk size.

    I hope this helps

    kevin
     

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