Resizing a VHD drive

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

To Shrink

  1. Mount the VHD in Windows 7/2008 using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
  2. Defragment the drive, makeing sure the free space is also defragmented (UltraDefrg in Optimize mode is a good free tools for this)
  3. Resize the main parition using Disk Management Tools (or DISKPART)
  4. Unmount the VHD Drive
  5. 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)

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