Increasing the Virtual Hard Disk Capacity
If you find that the capacity of your virtual machine's hard disk does not fit your needs anymore, you can increase it using Parallels Image Tool.
To increase the capacity of the virtual hard disk:
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Start Parallels Image Tool.
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In the
Introduction
window, click
Continue
.
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Specify the source virtual disk image file with the
.hdd
extension in the
Source Virtual Disk
window. You may type the path and file name or use the
Choose
button to locate the file. The virtual hard disk image file can be found inside the virtual machine's PVM bundle. PVM bundles are stored by default:
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Select the
Increase the disk capacity
option in the
Select Action
window.
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Specify the new capacity for the disk. The
Add the unallocated space to the last volume
check box, which is selected by default, means that the additional disk space will be added to the last volume. If you clear it, the added space will appear as unallocated space. To allocate this space, you can either create a new partition or expand an existing partition. For instructions on allocating the added space, see the
Using the Added Space
section.
Note:
If you choose a hard disk used by a virtual machine that has snapshots, all snapshots, except the last one, will be deleted.
To start the process of increasing the disk capacity, click
Start.
You can view the operation progress in the
Processing the File
window. Clicking
Cancel
terminates the operation.
Note:
If the virtual hard disk image file you specified is in the
old
format, it will be automatically converted to the
new
format.
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After the disk image has been successfully modified, the
Execution is Completed
window appears. Click
Finish
to close Parallels Image Tool.
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