How To Expand A Virtual Hard Disk

How to increase the size of a virtual disk in VMware and VirtualBox. When you’re setting up a new virtual machine in both VMware and VirtualBox you’re required to specify a size, or capacity, for the virtual hard disk. That means trying to guess how much storage space the VM will need.

Predicting future storage needs is always difficult, and this initial capacity often becomes insufficient.

Fortunately, both VirtualBox and VMware provide a straightforward process to expand the virtual disk when you require more storage space on your VMs.