Command to enlarge a drive image?

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Stephan von Krawczynski

2013-09-10 12:38:09 UTC

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Hello all,

is there some VBoxManage command to increase the size of a (Windows XP) drive image?
(internalcommands?)

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Stephan

Leonardo Carneiro

2013-09-10 13:28:30 UTC

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I think you looking for the "vboxmanage modifyhd resize" command (look at
chapter 8 of the manual).

But this will only increase the drive size. You will have to use some tool
inside the to resize the partition.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
Hello all,
is there some VBoxManage command to increase the size of a (Windows XP) drive image?
(internalcommands?)
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Stephan
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Stephan von Krawczynski

2013-09-10 13:36:11 UTC

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:28:30 -0300

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
I think you looking for the "vboxmanage modifyhd resize" command (look at
chapter 8 of the manual).
But this will only increase the drive size. You will have to use some tool
inside the to resize the partition.

Well, I heard V*Ware tools are able to resize hd and partition.
How can you resize a ntfs partition on a linux host?
I guess there will be no chance to resize it inside the running guest (using
the partition).
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Stephan

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
Hello all,
is there some VBoxManage command to increase the size of a (Windows XP) drive image?
(internalcommands?)
--
Regards,
Stephan

Leonardo Carneiro

2013-09-10 13:45:43 UTC

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You could use some bootable partition manager tool. There are plenty =)

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:28:30 -0300

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
I think you looking for the "vboxmanage modifyhd resize" command (look at
chapter 8 of the manual).
But this will only increase the drive size. You will have to use some

tool

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
inside the to resize the partition.

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
Hello all,
is there some VBoxManage command to increase the size of a (Windows XP)
drive image?
(internalcommands?)
--
Regards,
Stephan

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Leonardo Carneiro

2013-09-10 13:52:08 UTC

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Beside, you will not use a HOST tool to resize the partition, but a GUEST
tool.

It does not matter which is your host OS; after you resize the disk with
the vboxmanage in the host, you will boot in the guest and use some tool.

I know that windows itself is able to resize partitions, but i don't know
if is possible to resize the "root" partition. But should worth a try:
right-click on computer, manage computer, disk manager.

This is the w7 path, but i think is something similar in xp.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Leonardo Carneiro

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
You could use some bootable partition manager tool. There are plenty =)
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski <

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 10:28:30 -0300

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
I think you looking for the "vboxmanage modifyhd resize" command (look

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
chapter 8 of the manual).
But this will only increase the drive size. You will have to use some

tool

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
inside the to resize the partition.

Post by Leonardo Carneiro
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Stephan von Krawczynski

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
Hello all,
is there some VBoxManage command to increase the size of a (Windows

XP)

Post by Leonardo Carneiro

Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
drive image?
(internalcommands?)
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Regards,
Stephan

Giles Coochey

2013-09-10 13:47:33 UTC

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Post by Stephan von Krawczynski
Well, I heard V*Ware tools are able to resize hd and partition.
How can you resize a ntfs partition on a linux host?
I guess there will be no chance to resize it inside the running guest (using
the partition).
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Windows 7 can shrink and fill its own partitions. You can also
temporarily boot your Guest with something like a Partition Magic and
manipulate the partition just as you would if you had this problem on
bare metal.
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Stephan von Krawczynski

2013-09-10 14:50:21 UTC

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On Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:47:33 +0100

Post by Giles Coochey

Well, XP can't :-)

But it was pretty easy to find a tool on the net that can.
In case you run into the same problem, try this link:
http://www.disk-partition.com/resource/extend-and-shrink-xp-partition.html

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Stephan