I used virtual box and make a winxp partition of 2gb.
Installed winxp with sp2 successfully.
Now I want to increase size of that virtual partition as i want to install office xp and some other softwares that might take ~5gb more of space.
How can I do that pl.
Secondly
I want to copy the partition and keep a copy of it safe. So that when the beta softwares expire, i just delete the partition, and copy back a partition from saved image.
Thanks
how to increase virtualbox image size?
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You can backup the VDI and restore it if needed. But you can also use snapshots.
If you created a dynamic expanding virtual disk with a size of 2GB it will expand to max. 2GB. So you need a bigger VDI. How to manage it, look here:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=1966
If you created a dynamic expanding virtual disk with a size of 2GB it will expand to max. 2GB. So you need a bigger VDI. How to manage it, look here:
http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?t=1966
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No.Cool Surfer wrote:it is something like windows xp system restore?
Take snapshot 1.
Install beta software.
Take snapshot 2.
Use beta software.
Revert to Current Snapshot (snapshot 2): Go back to point (date) of beta software installation.
Discard Current Snapshot and State (snapshot 2): Go back to point (date) of beta software installation.
Revert to Current Snapshot (snapshot 1): Go back to point of program without beta software.
Discard Current Snapshot and State (snapshot 1): Original installation without any changes.