Extend VirtualBox VDI and the guest NTFS
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Using Windows Disk Management to extend a NTFS partition
First, backup your data.
- Shutdown the VirtualBox VM.
- Open “File” then “Virtual Media Manager”.
- Select the VDI you want to expand.
- Increase it’s size.
- Apply those changes and boot the VirtualBox VM back up.
- Open Windows “Disk Management” by typing it into the start menu.
- Right click on the “(C:)” partition and click “Extend Volume”.
- Use the arrows to max out the value for “Select the amount of space in MB:”
- Hit next and finish.
- You should now have a extended guest OS partition.
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