Resize a Windows
Partition with the Disk Management Tool
When you enlarge
your virtual hard disk, you must also enlarge your guest operating system's
partition to take advantage of the additional space.
Verify that your virtual hard
disk is big enough to accept the increase in partition size. See
Resize a Hard Disk.
Fusion
resizes
the guest operating system's partition when you resize the virtual hard disk.
If you held down the
Option
key when you
clicked
Apply
to resize the
disk, you can manually resize the Windows partition. For Windows Vista and
Windows 7 or later, you can use the operating system's Disk Management tool to
resize a partition.
- Right-clickComputerand selectManage.
- Double-clickStorage.
- Double-clickDisk Management.
- In the list, right-click the partition to expand and selectExtend Volume.
- Follow the prompts to resize the partition and clickFinish.The partition item in the Disk Management pane displays its new size.
- Close theComputer Managementwindow