Be sure to change the items in red (and anything else you may have customized).New disk: /Users/username/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 7\ Pro/Windows\ 7\ Pro\ New.vdi.Existing disk: /Users/username/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 7\ Pro/Windows\ 7\ Pro.vdi.Program: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage clonehd.Run the following command: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage clonehd /Users/username/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 7\ Pro/Windows\ 7\ Pro.vdi /Users/username/VirtualBox\ VMs/Windows\ 7\ Pro/Windows\ 7\ Pro\ New.vdi -existing.Second, we’ll copy all of the contents from your existing disk to the new disk. Give it a name, set your desired disk size, and click Create.Select VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image) and press Continue.Select Add Hard Disk, followed by the Create new disk button.Underneath the storage tree list, click on the add attachment button (disk icon with plus sign).Select Controller: SATA Controller from the storage tree list.Select your appliance in VirtualBox and click on Settings.Create a new VirtualBox diskįirst, we’re going to create a new disk with the desired size. What we’ll do is create a bigger disk, clone the contents from the small disk to the big disk, and then increase our Windows partition. The thing is, even without those utilities, it’s fairly easy to increase your disk space. There are several tutorials out there, but many of them require third-party applications, either on the Mac or in Windows side. I opted for performance (fixed disk) when I set up the appliance, and this minor inconvenience is the price. I came across the modifyhd command, which in theory let’s you increase the disk space, but it only works on dynamic disks. I’ve run out space and was looking for an easy way to increase it. One of my appliances contains a copy of Windows 7 with a fixed, 25GB disk. I use VirtualBox on my Mac to have other operating systems at my disposal.
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