Win7 does not recognize increased disk image after modifyhd

[seveneleven]

Hi,

my Win7 partition got small. I used modifyhd to increase the size. The new size is correctly shown in the virtual media manager. But I wonder, why Win7 cannot see the additional space. It still reports the old size of the partition.

Can anybody give me a hint?

Thanks

[Perryg]

Use the Windows disk management to extend the original partition to use the newly added space.

[mpack]

And note that you can't enlarge a disk if it uses snapshots.

[seveneleven]

thanks for your quick answers. It uses snapshots. Hence I think the best way is to create a complete new installation.

[mpack]

Or simply clone the existing VM (cloning the current state only - not the entire snapshot hierarchy), then enlarge the clone. Cloning requires VBox v4.1.x or later.

[seveneleven]

thanks mpack for the hint. But it took me hours to manage basics like modifyhd because I'm brand-new to VB So I do not need the challenge again. Somewhere out there might be a good description for cloning or maybe in the manual but for me it is faster to set up the new installation. But thanks again for your help!!!

[mpack]

You right click on the VM and select "Clone". I doubt that reinstalling from scratch is faster than that!

[seveneleven]

WOW - that's really fast That is not what I expected. Thanks.