>I just got done copying a VPC 2007 Hard disk file to a new computer that is
>running a Host OS as Vista 64bit. The VPC 2007 installed on it is for the
>64bit version.
>
>But when I open the VCP machine on this new computer it's reporting that
>it's out of disk space. It's only got around 16Gigs for the Hard drive and
>it's set to be "Dynamically expanding virtual hard disk".
>
>I've gone through the Compact it step in the Virtual Disk Wizard but still
>didn't help.
>
>I cannot find any where that tells me if there was an initial Maximum size
>set for the Hard Drive.
>
>I've tried copying files to the hard drive within the VPC to see if that
>would expand the hard drive but it just runs out of space during the copying.
>
>Can anyone tell me how to expand it or why it's not expanding on it's own?

>
> The maximum size usually defaults to 16GB, unless you pick Vista as
> the OS,then you should get 65GB.
>
> The system will expand to the limit set when it was created, in this
> case, 16GB.
>
> You'll need to either image the VM to a larger VHD, or you can try the
> VHD resizer tool.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

>
>
>"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:
>
>>
>> The maximum size usually defaults to 16GB, unless you pick Vista as
>> the OS,then you should get 65GB.
>>
>> The system will expand to the limit set when it was created, in this
>> case, 16GB.
>>
>> You'll need to either image the VM to a larger VHD, or you can try the
>> VHD resizer tool.
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>>
>
>Thanks, I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong. I'll have to
>see if I can get the resizer tool then or go with the image route then.
>
>Mike...

>
> Make a backup before you use it. I haven't used it personally.
> There should be some older threads here on it...it may not work on a
> boot drive.
> Just google "vhd resizer" and it should take you right to the DL link
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

> The resizer by itself makes a *new copy* of the old VHD disk leaving
> it totally unharmed. It makes a new bigger disk, then copies all of
> the data over. The end result is a disk with the old data in a
> partition the same size as before and then an empty unpartitioned
> space on top of that. You need to expand the existing partition into
> the empty space to utilize it. Newer Windows versions can do that but
> for older ones you need 3rd party tools...

>On Fri, 7 Nov 2008 10:53:01 -0800, Mike H
><(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The maximum size usually defaults to 16GB, unless you pick Vista as
>>> the OS,then you should get 65GB.
>>>
>>> The system will expand to the limit set when it was created, in this
>>> case, 16GB.
>>>
>>> You'll need to either image the VM to a larger VHD, or you can try the
>>> VHD resizer tool.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Cheers,
>>> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
>>> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>>>
>>
>>Thanks, I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing something wrong. I'll have to
>>see if I can get the resizer tool then or go with the image route then.
>>
>>Mike...
>
>Make a backup before you use it. I haven't used it personally.
>There should be some older threads here on it...it may not work on a
>boot drive.
>Just google "vhd resizer" and it should take you right to the DL link