Overview

In this tutorial, we will learn the steps involved to expand virtual disk for the guest OS virtual machine on VMware Workstation.

Environment

Host Operating System: Windows 10

VMWare Workstation.

Expand Virtual Disk

Click Edit virtual machine settings link.

In the Virtual Machine Settings window, Hardware tab click Hard Disk device.

Click on the Expand… button to extend the disk volume.

 

 

In the Expand Disk Capacity window, specify the new disk size.

Click the Expand button to increase the size of the disk.

 

Note that Virtual machines with snapshots cannot be expanded using the above steps. If the snapshots are no longer valid, we can remove them before expanding the hard disk. Otherwise, we can use VMware vCenter Converter to expand the disk.

 

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