> Expand DVM Hard Drives
> There are two methods of expanding a drive, and the method you choose depends on the type of drive. Because a DVM’s Windows XP operating system resides on the system (boot) drive, it’s a lot easier to expand a data drive.
> To expand DVM hard drive if the drive is a system drive:
> You cannot expand a DVM’s system drive from within the DVM while the operating system is running. So, the solution is to add the DVM’s system drive to another DVM, then expand it from within that DVM.
> Warning: Make sure that you do not have an active snapshot on the DVM. If you expand a virtual disk with a snapshot you will cause data corruption.

> 1. | Power off the DVM that contains the system drive that you want to expand. Let’s call this DVM Pano2.

> 2. | Make a backup copy of Pano2; after all, this disk contains your user data and things don’t always go as planned.

> 3. | Power off Pano2.

> 4. | Increase the size of Pano2’s virtual disk file. Let’s assume 12 GB to 15GB.

> 5. | Create a temporary Windows XP DVM or use an existing DVM. Let’s call this DVM Pano1.

> 6. | Power off Pano1, then add Pano2’s disk to Pano1.

> 7. | Power on Pano1, then verify that the imported disk has unallocated space on it.

> 8. | From the Pano1’s run menu, type diskpart.exe, then press Enter. The command line utility that resizes disk partitions launches.

> 9. | From the list of available volumes, select your volume, then run the expand command to expand the volume. Let’s assume that you’re expanding Drive E, which is volume 2.

> 10. | Power off Pano1, then remove the disk from Pano1.

> 11. | Power on Pano2, and verify your expanded disk drive.

> To expand DVM hard drive if the drive is a data drive:
> Unlike with a system disk, you can expand a data drive from within the DVM itself. You don’t need to use a temporary DVM to expand a data drive.

> 1. | Make a backup copy of the DVM; after all, this disk contains your user data and things don’t always go as planned.

> 2. | Power off the DVM.

> 3. | Increase the size of DVM’s virtual disk file. Let’s assume 12 GB to 15GB.

> 4. | From the DVM’s run menu, type diskpart.exe, then press Enter. The command line utility that resizes disk partitions launches.

> 5. | From the list of available volumes, select your volume, then run the extend command to expand the volume.

> 6. | Power on the DVM, and verify your expanded disk drive.

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