Resizing a VHD drive

by Shawn 14. August 2010 06:22

Resizing a VHD drive is not particularly complicated, it just involves a number of steps.

To Shrink

Mount the VHD in Windows 7/2008 using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
Defragment the drive, makeing sure the free space is also defragmented (UltraDefrg in Optimize mode is a good free tools for this)
Resize the main parition using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
Unmount the VHD Drive
Resize the actual VHD file (VHDResizer is a great tool for this)
1. http://sysadmingeek.com/articles/how-to-resize-a-microsoft-virtual-hard-drive-vhd-file/

To Expand

Resize the actual VHD file (VHDResizer is a great tool for this)

http://sysadmingeek.com/articles/how-to-resize-a-microsoft-virtual-hard-drive-vhd-file/
Mount the VHD in Windows 7/2008 using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
Defragment the drive, makeing sure the free space is also defragmented (UltraDefrg in Optimize mode is a good free tools for this)
Resize the main parition using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
Unmount the VHD Drive

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