Resize/extend virtual hard disk get more space under Windows 7.

Virtual hard disk

A Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) is a file formatted to be structurally identical to a physical Hard Disk Drive. It is typically used in various virtualization packages, and can be used to install a wide variety of operating systems (various versions of Microsoft Windows and Linux).

How to create a virtual hard disk in Windows 7?

Unlike any other earlier versions of Windows operating systems, Windows 7 Disk Management tool is developed with a powerful ability to create, attach and detach virtual hard disk.

Steps to create virtual hard disk in Windows 7:

1. Open Disk Management by typing disk management or right-click the Computer icon to select Manage.

2. Click the Action button and select Create VHD.

3. Select a folder location and type in a disk size.

4. Click OK to finish.

5. After it is initialized, you can create partition on it.

How to resize virtual hard disk in Windows 7?

Resize VHD with built-in Disk Management tool in Windows 7

Windows 7 contains a built-in partition manager that allows you to extend or shrink the attached virtual disk which is the same as the physical disks.

Resize VHD with third-party partition software

Some third party partition freeware can also help you to extend or shrink the VHD. By the way, some other advanced partition operations can also be realized, such as copy VHD partition, convert fat VHD to ntfs, label the drive and so on. See more operations you can do with VHD.

How to resize VHD with partition software?

We would like to introduce a free and reliable partition software - EASEUS Partition Master.

1. Download and install a full version of this free partition software.

2. Run this partition freeware. Put the mouse on the VHD partition that you want to extend or shrink and right-click the mouse.

3. Position the mouse pointer on the left partition handle. Drag the handle to the partition size you want when the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

4. Click OK and apply to execute the operations.

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