How I resized a Windows partition
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May 13, 2006, 01:01 AM
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joem Senior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,275 |
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__________________ MacBook Pro 2.4G; core 2 duo; 4GB RAM, 500G HD 10.4.11 XP, 768 Meg RAM |
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May 15, 2006, 12:34 AM
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BatmanPPC Junior Member Join: May 2006 Posts: 7 |
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May 22, 2006, 07:48 AM
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myktee Junior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 2 |
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This technique worked exactly as mentioned. I was able to expand a single 4 GB NTFS boot volume (C:\ drive) with about 250 MB of free space to 8 GB. I extended the virtual hard drive file using the Parallels Image Tool to 8 GB (perhaps I could have used gparted to do this too), booted the VM to the mounted gparted 0.2.5 live CD ISO image and resized the original partition from 4 GB to 8 GB. After restarting the VM (booting off the hard drive), Windows XP did a checkdisk, restarted, launched a dialog mentioning some device was found/changed (I suspect this step might not always happen to you), restarted and now I have an 8GB partition in a single virtual hard drive file. I agree, this should be a FAQ entry or sticky topic! Thanks Batman! myktee |
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Jun 2, 2006, 08:33 PM
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scotymac Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 14 |
You don't need to make a copy of the disk image. Download the live cd from http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php Boot your VM from the live cd iso Select default values until gpartd starts Select partition to resize Resize and apply Disconnect iso Reboot VM iso boot worked great on my FAT32 partition, thanks Batman! |
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Jun 29, 2006, 11:58 PM
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blomasky Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 29 |
Help: Followed the instructions, but when I LIST VOLUME in diskpart, I see the 3 partitions (CD , System and EXTRA) but there is NO drive letter for the 2nd volume and when I select it and type extend I get: "the volume you selected can not be extended" |
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Sep 19, 2006, 12:38 AM
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blomasky Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 29 |
Volume may NOT be extended Error Sort of followed the instructions! (I did not make the copy before resizing). made the copy, added my resized VDisk as disk2, when I select volume 2 and type extend I get this error (get same error if I select volume 1) Help! Bruce |
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Oct 25, 2006, 04:40 PM
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plazmyd Junior Member Join: Oct 2006 Posts: 11 |
step 5 is messing me up. Everything is fine for me up to step 5. I run the Image Tools without any problem. I get a verification that the expansion was successful, but the .hdd file does not change in size, nor does it reflect a larger size when I run DISKPART. Am I supposed to 'Note which volume is your original, resized partition' by the changed size or by the 'system' next to the size? I am going to just go ahead with the directions and see what happens, but I have a feeling that something is not right. Matt EDIT Well, completed steps and got the "DiskPart failed to extend the volume. Please make sure the volume is valid for extending." Any ideas? EDIT Oops, apparently the letter C is no longer a number. When did that happen? I tried it with "1" with the same results. EDIT again It works! I had my .hdd files mixed up. |
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Nov 5, 2006, 02:41 PM
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enthios Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 79 |
Only works on NTFS? For some reason, my paritions are FAT32, and the "extend" function only works on NTFS volumes. Are there any drawbacks to having NTFS, vs. FAT32? And how do I change the partition from FAT32 to NTFS? __________________ Macbook Pro | 4 GB RAM | 320GB HDD Mac OS X 10.5.7 | VM: Windows XPP 1.5GB |
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Nov 22, 2006, 03:58 PM
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jkirshb Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 5 |
Ok I followed the instructions to upgrade my virtual machines memory to 20gigs but everytime I start windows, the Control Panel information about my computer tells me that the there is only 6.something gigs available. I am trying to install a program that is 8 gigs and I can't figure out why Windows hard drive capacity is so small when the virtual machine tells me there is a total of 20gigs available. Do I need to re-insall windows now? Please advise. |
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Nov 26, 2006, 03:04 PM
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tlev Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 4 |
I've tried in vain to get this to work. I keep getting the low disk space on c drive error. I've re-set the hard disk to 64g, have tried to run the gparted iso- it runs but doesnt complete the final step. When I click activate, it does it;s thing for a couple minutes then comes back with an error that the change in partition did not take place. Any suggestions? (This is extremely frustrating. Also, I dont see any extremely large temp or other files that I can delete) Thanks tom |
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Jan 17, 2007, 12:02 AM
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lucerodesign1 Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 9 |
You're my hero! Thanks for saving my arse! This is exactly the procedure that should be in the manual. A very elegant solution for a potentially big problem...nice work! |
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Jan 25, 2007, 01:51 PM
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cualexander Junior Member Join: Jan 2007 Posts: 2 |
Am I missing something here? I had 140 megs free space and it wouldn't let me boot. Used the parallels image tool to resize the image to give me about 300 megs more space, since I was just going to copy the large file off the VM to my desktop anyhow. Booted up Windows XP. Had the new space. Is there something else I need to do? I'm confused by all these steps. |
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Feb 10, 2007, 05:06 PM
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myk007 Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 |
Parallels + Win2000 Hi, I am trying to expand the size of my Win2k virtual machine from 8GB to 16GB 1. I make a copy of my original .hdd and then i resize my original .hdd to 16GB using image tools. 2. Next I make the copy hard disk 1 and the original resized hdd my hard disk 2. 3. I boot up my virtual machine and run diskpart 4. I run the command list volume: C:\PROGRA~1\RESOUR~1>Diskpart Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3553 Copyright (C) 1999-2001 Microsoft Corporation. On computer: MM-WIN DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 D CD-ROM 0 B Volume 1 C Local Disk NTFS Partition 7985 MB Healthy System DISKPART> I cannot see my new 16GB Volume. Is that okay? 5. I ran list disk to get the following: DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Online 7993 MB 0 B Disk 1 Online 16 GB 16 GB DISKPART> Here i could see both disks. 6. So, I thought maybe i need to select disk 2 and then list volume to see if my 16G volume shows up: DISKPART> select Disk 1 Disk 1 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- ------- Volume 0 D CD-ROM 0 B Volume 1 C Local Disk NTFS Partition 7985 MB Healthy System DISKPART> I still could not see my 16GB volume. So is it okay that I cannot see my 16 GB volume? Thanks. |
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Feb 16, 2007, 01:06 PM
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pambyard Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 |
Tried both solutions Hi everyone, thank you for posting solutions that seem to work for almost everyone but me. I tried the gparted fix, but got an error at the end, no dice. Tried diskpart, say to check my disk is valid to extend. Tried both solutions 3 times! I am leary of trying Partition Magic not only because of the $80, but I'm not sure I have enough space on my 8G disk to install it. I assume it has to be installed on the guest system? At the VERY LEAST, parallels documentation should caution us to think ahead when allocating disk size because 8G is a joke, and this has cost me countless hours of frustration.:mad: |
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Feb 26, 2007, 12:41 AM
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Hugh Watkins Senior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 976 |
I find that small is beautiful with parallels WinXP Sp2 VM memory 512 mb out of 2 gb hard disk 32000 mb runs very quickly and accurately takes 2.2 gb virtual memory I do keep my data on the mac in shared folders I do clone my VM regularily especially before an upgrade Hugh W __________________ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks in Copenhagen GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG |
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Apr 18, 2007, 08:29 PM
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Sigge Stark Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 1 |
This is ridiculous! Of course you should be able to expand the partiton with easy to use disk tools that come with Parallels Desktop. These kind of geeky instructions can not be recommended for any "ordinairy Mac user" that has a job to take care of and expects his computer to work without getting warnings about the disk is getting ful. |
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Jun 21, 2007, 06:32 PM
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amber Junior Member Join: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 |
Thanks everyone for your posts. I used jeliker's and others information to sucessfully increase my windows partition from 8 to 20GB. Without the forum I would have given up on the product long ago. Thanks for sharing your information. It's unfortunate that such a great product has such poor support and documentation. amber |
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