Sent: 08/31/2006
From: Rob M
Message:Thanks very much for your advice. Will definatly try to expand the drive but
there is no important data so other options are avaliable.
Thanks very much.
"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> It seems like during the Windows installation, you only formatted 1.45 GB of
> your 16 GB available space as your C: drive. As is true on a regular
> computer, the partition won't automatically grow to accommodate your needs
>
> However, because there are still about 14 GB of unused and unallocated space
> on your VHD, you have 2 options: First, you can use a program like BootIt
> Next Generation to "grow" your C: drive to the entire amount of space.
> Second, and the more safer approach, is to load "diskmgmt.msc" inside your
> guest machine, and format the remaining space as your D: (or E:, or any
> letter) drive and store your non-Windows-essential files there
>
> --
> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> tutorial site :-)
> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find out
> here
> Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>
>
> "Rob M" <Rob (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > New to VPC so sorry if this is obvious. I've got VPC 2004 running with an
> > installation of XP SP2 on a virtual machine. When I set it up I chose a
> > 'Dynamically Expanding VHD' (Think thats what its called). However, now
> > I'm
> > trying to add files/install programs and the disk (virtual that is) seems
> > to
> > be stuck at 1.45GB and isn't expanding at all. I can see from the XP disk
> > manager that there are 16GBs avaliable but only 1.45GB is partitioned as
> > the
> > C drive. I keep getting the 'You're running low on disk space error' as I
> > only have 20MB left.
> >
> > Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically
> > enlarge'.
> >
> > Thanks, Rob.
>
Sent: 08/31/2006
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:Did you partition the vhd into a C: drive and a D: drive? If so, why? It
is simpler to add a second vhd if you have some reason to need two
partitions.
"Rob M" <Rob (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> New to VPC so sorry if this is obvious. I've got VPC 2004 running with an
> installation of XP SP2 on a virtual machine. When I set it up I chose a
> 'Dynamically Expanding VHD' (Think thats what its called). However, now
> I'm
> trying to add files/install programs and the disk (virtual that is) seems
> to
> be stuck at 1.45GB and isn't expanding at all. I can see from the XP disk
> manager that there are 16GBs avaliable but only 1.45GB is partitioned as
> the
> C drive. I keep getting the 'You're running low on disk space error' as I
> only have 20MB left.
>
> Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically
> enlarge'.
>
> Thanks, Rob.
Sent: 08/31/2006
From: "Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Hi,
It seems like during the Windows installation, you only formatted 1.45 GB of
your 16 GB available space as your C: drive. As is true on a regular
computer, the partition won't automatically grow to accommodate your needs
However, because there are still about 14 GB of unused and unallocated space
on your VHD, you have 2 options: First, you can use a program like BootIt
Next Generation to "grow" your C: drive to the entire amount of space.
Second, and the more safer approach, is to load "diskmgmt.msc" inside your
guest machine, and format the remaining space as your D: (or E:, or any
letter) drive and store your non-Windows-essential files there
--
--Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
tutorial site :-)
http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find out
here
Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
"Rob M" <Rob (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> New to VPC so sorry if this is obvious. I've got VPC 2004 running with an
> installation of XP SP2 on a virtual machine. When I set it up I chose a
> 'Dynamically Expanding VHD' (Think thats what its called). However, now
> I'm
> trying to add files/install programs and the disk (virtual that is) seems
> to
> be stuck at 1.45GB and isn't expanding at all. I can see from the XP disk
> manager that there are 16GBs avaliable but only 1.45GB is partitioned as
> the
> C drive. I keep getting the 'You're running low on disk space error' as I
> only have 20MB left.
>
> Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically
> enlarge'.
>
> Thanks, Rob.
Sent: 09/01/2006
From: Sarah <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Rob M wrote:
Though a virtual PC typically shows it's total size as 16 GB,
you may not be having a real hard disk space to accommodate that!
This may or may not be your case, but worth watching.
Regards,
Sarah
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> Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically enlarge'.
Sent: 09/06/2006
From: "BenG" <(email address - cut out)am>
Message:Jonathan - if the partition won't grow automatically, why is it called a
"dynamically expanding drive"?
Ben
"Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> Hi,
>
> It seems like during the Windows installation, you only formatted 1.45 GB
> of your 16 GB available space as your C: drive. As is true on a regular
> computer, the partition won't automatically grow to accommodate your needs
>
> However, because there are still about 14 GB of unused and unallocated
> space on your VHD, you have 2 options: First, you can use a program like
> BootIt Next Generation to "grow" your C: drive to the entire amount of
> space. Second, and the more safer approach, is to load "diskmgmt.msc"
> inside your guest machine, and format the remaining space as your D: (or
> E:, or any letter) drive and store your non-Windows-essential files there
>
> --
> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
> tutorial site :-)
> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find
> out
> here
> Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>
>
> "Rob M" <Rob (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> New to VPC so sorry if this is obvious. I've got VPC 2004 running with an
>> installation of XP SP2 on a virtual machine. When I set it up I chose a
>> 'Dynamically Expanding VHD' (Think thats what its called). However, now
>> I'm
>> trying to add files/install programs and the disk (virtual that is) seems
>> to
>> be stuck at 1.45GB and isn't expanding at all. I can see from the XP disk
>> manager that there are 16GBs avaliable but only 1.45GB is partitioned as
>> the
>> C drive. I keep getting the 'You're running low on disk space error' as I
>> only have 20MB left.
>>
>> Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically
>> enlarge'.
>>
>> Thanks, Rob.
>
Sent: 09/06/2006
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst(remove)@msn.com>
Message:Partitions can not grow. You misunderstand "dynamically expanding." It
means the hard drive space consumed on the host hard drive grows, not the
partition as seen by the guest OS. The .vhd file on the host starts out at
35k and grows as data is added.
"BenG" <(email address - cut out)am> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Jonathan - if the partition won't grow automatically, why is it called a
> "dynamically expanding drive"?
>
> Ben
> "Jonathan Maltz [MS-MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Hi,
>>
>> It seems like during the Windows installation, you only formatted 1.45 GB
>> of your 16 GB available space as your C: drive. As is true on a regular
>> computer, the partition won't automatically grow to accommodate your
>> needs
>>
>> However, because there are still about 14 GB of unused and unallocated
>> space on your VHD, you have 2 options: First, you can use a program like
>> BootIt Next Generation to "grow" your C: drive to the entire amount of
>> space. Second, and the more safer approach, is to load "diskmgmt.msc"
>> inside your guest machine, and format the remaining space as your D: (or
>> E:, or any letter) drive and store your non-Windows-essential files there
>>
>> --
>> --Jonathan Maltz [Microsoft MVP - Windows Server - IIS, Virtual PC]
>> http://www.visualwin.com - A Windows Server 2003 visual, step-by-step
>> tutorial site :-)
>> http://vpc.visualwin.com - Does <insert OS name> work on VPC 2004? Find
>> out
>> here
>> Only reply by newsgroup. I do not do technical support via email. Any
>> emails I have not authorized are deleted before I see them.
>>
>>
>> "Rob M" <Rob (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> New to VPC so sorry if this is obvious. I've got VPC 2004 running with
>>> an
>>> installation of XP SP2 on a virtual machine. When I set it up I chose a
>>> 'Dynamically Expanding VHD' (Think thats what its called). However, now
>>> I'm
>>> trying to add files/install programs and the disk (virtual that is)
>>> seems to
>>> be stuck at 1.45GB and isn't expanding at all. I can see from the XP
>>> disk
>>> manager that there are 16GBs avaliable but only 1.45GB is partitioned as
>>> the
>>> C drive. I keep getting the 'You're running low on disk space error' as
>>> I
>>> only have 20MB left.
>>>
>>> Please let me know what I need to do to get my VHD to 'Dynamically
>>> enlarge'.
>>>
>>> Thanks, Rob.
>>
>
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