You can use the dynamically expanding storage or a fixed size disk. Use VirtualBox to create a new hard disk (vdi) with your desired size. Ensure your guest VM is powered off before executing the steps and that all hard disks involved are not connected to VMs.There are suggestions below to help you avoid having to resize virtual drives ever again by using large dynamically expanding storage and can be completed in 10-20 minutes.If your hard drive is VDI, you can try the CloneVDI tool to resize your disk easily without and skip to the resize your guest OS step in this guide.If you’re not sure or don’t have it, read on.
You can then skip to the resize your guest OS step in this guide. If you already have a dynamically allocated disk that is VDI or VHD linked to the virtual machine, simply use the VBoxManage modifyhd –resize command.Below are steps showing you how to resize and expand an existing VMDK or VDI virtual hard drive in VirtualBox for use with a guest virtual machine (VM). If everything worked, you should see a message saying “UUID change to: …” and then the VirtualBox should work.Often, people find their virtual machine hard disks are too small for usage needs. VBOXMANAGE.EXE internalcommands sethduuid “pathtovhdfile” Now type in the following command ( or copy/paste using right click): If you put it in the default the command is this: Now change the cmd prompt’s directory to the folder you installed VirtualBox in. In both Windows 8 and Windows 7, it can be found by typing “cmd” into the Start Menu search box.
To fix this, you’ll need to run some text commands. Oracle has a chapter in the VirtualBox manual that covers UUID problems, which may reveal how to fix this. “Failed to open the hard disk E:\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 8 \Windows 8 Enterprise2.vhd.Ĭannot register the hard disk ‘E:\VirtualBox VMs\Windows 8 \Windows 8 Enterprise2.vhd’
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