{"id":44,"date":"2020-12-03T18:19:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T18:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2020-12-03T18:24:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T18:24:45","slug":"expanding-disk-space-on-a-windows-virtual-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"Expanding Disk Space On A Windows Virtual Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you have a Windows server running as some sort of virtual machine? Is that server running out of disk space? Let&#8217;s fix that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Expand The Virtual Disk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigate to your virtual machine management console, and edit the &#8216;hardware&#8217; for your VM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, find the disk you want to edit, and adjust the size for it. Save your changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(My screenshots are from VMware, but every other hypervisor will operate similarly.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45\" width=\"194\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image.png 388w, https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-154x300.png 154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1.png 792w, https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-1-768x439.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Expand The Windows Disk<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Log into your Windows server, and open up the &#8220;Disk Management&#8221; application. If you&#8217;re running a newer version of Windows, you can right click on the &#8220;Windows icon&#8221;, or &#8220;Start Menu&#8221;, and select &#8220;Disk Management&#8221; from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, select &#8220;Action&#8221;, &#8220;Rescan Disks&#8221; at the top of the &#8220;Disk Management&#8221; window. You should see the display adjust, showing the free space available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-2.png 251w, https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-2-174x300.png 174w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48\" width=\"256\" height=\"217\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"195\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-5.png 450w, https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Capture-5-300x130.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, you&#8217;ll be presented with a dialog box. It&#8217;s safe to just click <strong>Next<\/strong> and <strong>Finish<\/strong> through the whole thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"43\" src=\"https:\/\/stupidtechblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After that, you&#8217;re all done! Your disk is now expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Like this article? Have questions? Want another post about something else?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Put a comment below and let me know.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have a Windows server running as some sort of virtual machine? Is that server running out of disk space? 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