Re-size or re-do Windows Vista VDI
Posted: 28. Nov 2010, 19:00
Hello,
Last night I installed Windows Vista 32-bit as a guest OS on my Ubuntu Linux system. Prior to the install, while setting up the amount of storage for the virtual machine, I blithely and naively selected the VirtualBox install wizard's suggested 20GB. As you may suspect, installing Vista and Office 2007 Home and School pretty near filled that up. I think I have about 37MB left. So, the question is, should I try to re-size the vdi's storage or should I just delete the whole thing and start over?
I've seen some posts here on how to re-size a vdi's storage. It seems like a lot of trouble, but I don't know enough about Microsoft's activation policy to be certain that doing a full re-install won't trigger a re-activation. I would be grateful for your advice.
TIA,
hussar
PS - VirtualBox's wizard knows that it is setting up for a Windows Vista install because of the parameters the user sets during the setup process. Why does it suggest what is for Windows Vista such an impossibly small drive size?
Last night I installed Windows Vista 32-bit as a guest OS on my Ubuntu Linux system. Prior to the install, while setting up the amount of storage for the virtual machine, I blithely and naively selected the VirtualBox install wizard's suggested 20GB. As you may suspect, installing Vista and Office 2007 Home and School pretty near filled that up. I think I have about 37MB left. So, the question is, should I try to re-size the vdi's storage or should I just delete the whole thing and start over?
I've seen some posts here on how to re-size a vdi's storage. It seems like a lot of trouble, but I don't know enough about Microsoft's activation policy to be certain that doing a full re-install won't trigger a re-activation. I would be grateful for your advice.
TIA,
hussar
PS - VirtualBox's wizard knows that it is setting up for a Windows Vista install because of the parameters the user sets during the setup process. Why does it suggest what is for Windows Vista such an impossibly small drive size?