Resizing a Virtual Disk in VMware Fusion running Windows

Posted on timeNovember 25th, 2009 by userneil


There are two step to resizing a virtual disk in VMWare Fusion:
1. Resize the Virtual Disk using VMWare Fusion
2. Resize the Partition to fit the Unallocated Space in the Virtual Disk. I used the free version of EASEUS Partition Master to do this.
This was done using VMWare Fusion 2 running Windows XP Pro (Classic Appearance).

Part 1.1: Launch VMWare Fusion and Select the Virtual Machine

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The Virtual Machine should be Powered Off.

1.2 Click: Virtual Machine > Settings

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1.3 Click Hard Disks

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1.4 Drag the Slider to create the desired size

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1.5 Click Apply

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Note: You cannot size *down* the virtual disk. Be careful not to make it too big for the hard disk storing the virtual disk.

Part 2.1: To Resize the partition using EASEUS Patition Master

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Go to the EASEUS website and download the Free for Home Users 32-bit Edition of EASEUS Partition Master.
http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

2.2 Install EASEUS Patition Master Home Edition

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Follow the usual procedure for installing an application onto Windows.

2.3 Launch EASEUS Partition Master

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2.4 Click on the Windows Disk to be resized, to select the disk

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2.5 Click the Resize/Move button

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2.6 Resize to fill the Unallocated Space

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1. Click the handle to the right of the current partition and drag to fill the Unallocated Space After
2. Click OK

2.7 Click Apply

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2.8 Click Yes to apply the changes

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Clicking Yes, the resizing up of the partition happens instantly.

2.9 Click OK to finish

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Click General > Exit to quit EASEUS

If you down size the partition the computer needs to reboot

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On clicking Yes, Windows will Shutdown and Restart.

Note: the Partition is the space within the virtual disk. It does not size down the virtual disk.

Another Restart happens when the Boot Mode operation has finished

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