How do I extend my C drive on a VM?

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This operation is performed in the following way:

Right-click the VM and select Connect. Start the virtual machine and log in.
Enter DISKMGMT.
Right-click the C: drive and select Extend Volume.
Select the available amount of space by which you want to extend the volume.
Check that you have selected the correct settings.

How do I expand my C partition?

Solution

Simultaneously press Windows logo key and R key to open Run dialog box.
Right click on C drive, then select “Shrink volume”
On the next screen, you can adjust the needed shrinking size (also the size for new partition)
Then the C drive side will be shrinked, and there will be new unallocated disk space.

How do I extend the C drive is greyed out?

As here is no unallocated space after the C partition drive, so extend volume greyed out. You need to have an “unallocated disk space” to the right of the Partition\Volume you wish to extend on the same drive. Only when “unallocated disk space” is available “extend” option is highlighted or available.

How do I extend a VM partition?

Click Edit Virtual Machine Settings. Click Hard Disk. Click Utilities > Expand, enter the new size, then click Expand. Complete the steps in Increasing the size of a disk partition (1004071), so that the guest operating system is aware of the change in disk size.

Why extend volume is not showing in C drive?

When you see the Extend Volume option grayed out on your computer, it signifies that there is no unallocated space on your hard disk. As there is no unallocated space after the C partition drive, so “Extend Volume” option is disabled.

How increase C drive space in vCenter?

To increase the disk space

Power off the vCenter Server VM. If the VM is inaccessible, then do this from ESXi host level.
Right-click the VM.
Click Edit Settings.
Select Virtual Disk.
Increase the size of the disk.
Power on VM.
Use the BASH Shell or Appliance Management CLI o expand the partition(s).

How do I add unallocated space to my C drive?

First, you need to open Disk Management through the Run window by pressing the Windows key + R at the same time, then enter ‘diskmgmt. msc’ and click ‘OK’. Once Disk Management has loaded, right-click on the C drive, and select the “Extend Volume” option to extend the C drive with the unallocated space.

How to extend C drive in VMware?

Then, it will boot up and run slower and slower, even frozen sometimes. So, how to extend C drive in VMware? To expand C drive on Server Virtual Machine, you need to first add storage to the VM disk, and then increase C drive size within Server.

How to extend a partition in Disk Management?

“The reason is that you can extend a partition in Disk Management only condition that there is adjacent unallocated space. Simply say, if you want to extend C drive, you must make sure that the unallocated space is behind the C drive.

Does VMware C Drive run out of disk space?

With it, users can set up virtual machines on a single physical machine, and use them simultaneously along with the actual machine. However, like the actual machine, the C drive in VMware is also likely to run out of disk space after a long time of usage.

How to extend the volume behind the C drive?

You should now see 100mb unallocated drive behind the C drive. Now right click C and you should see the “Extend volume” and it will allow you. The extended partition when dealing with the primary partition should be directly behind the partition you are extending.