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Hyper V Disk allocation: Why Veeam reports full size after Shrinking

Posted on 30/10/202522/06/2026 IT Expert By IT Expert No Comments on Hyper V Disk allocation: Why Veeam reports full size after Shrinking
Hyper V Disk allocation: Why Veeam reports full size after Shrinking

Shrinking works on both raw partitions which lack a file system, and on partitions formatted with the NTFS. This allows you to reclaim unused disk space efficiently while keeping your existing data intact. This guide is not on shrinking your virtual hard disk despite discussing the process. In this guide, we shall discuss “Hyper V…

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How to shrink and create new partition on Windows Server

Posted on 20/06/202524/06/2026 IT Expert By IT Expert No Comments on How to shrink and create new partition on Windows Server
How to shrink and create new partition on Windows Server

In this guide, you will learn how to shrink and create new partition on Windows Server. On Windows, you can decrease the space used by primary partitions and logical drives by shrinking them into adjacent, contiguous space on the same disk. Please, see how to Enable and use Sudo in Windows 11, how to Add…

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How to Add Another Hard Drive to a Virtual Machine in HyperV 

Posted on 03/02/202428/05/2026 Temitope Odemo By Temitope Odemo No Comments on How to Add Another Hard Drive to a Virtual Machine in HyperV 
How to Add Another Hard Drive to a Virtual Machine in HyperV 

Sometimes you may want to install applications or store files outside the C: drive. This will require a second and even a third hard drive to be configured on the virtual machine and you can start using these drives as the backup drives. In this guide, I will show you How to Add Another Hard…

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Virtualization, Windows Server

How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V

Posted on 25/05/202328/05/2026 Temitope Odemo By Temitope Odemo No Comments on How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V
How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V

Hyper-V is a hypervisor developed by Microsoft to run Virtual Machines but if you observe that the virtual machine is no longer functioning properly the reason could be that your VM does not have enough storage to perform optimally. In this guide, I will be showing you How to Increase Disk Size in Hyper-V when…

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Virtualization, Windows, Windows Server

Run MBR and GPT conversion with the best GPT converter

Posted on 30/10/202223/11/2023 IT Expert By IT Expert No Comments on Run MBR and GPT conversion with the best GPT converter
Run MBR and GPT conversion with the best GPT converter

Is there a best GPT converter to run MBR and GPT conversion? You can find the answer in this post. Summary: You may need to convert the system drive to GPT when upgrading from Windows 10 to Windows 11. Here, you are going to learn how to do it without losing data. Here are some…

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Windows

Volume Shadow Copies: How to configure VSS on Windows Server

Posted on 28/06/202204/09/2023 Imoh Etuk By Imoh Etuk No Comments on Volume Shadow Copies: How to configure VSS on Windows Server
Volume Shadow Copies: How to configure VSS on Windows Server

In this guide, I will show you how to configure Volume Shadow Copies (VSS) on Windows Server. Volume Shadow Copies (VSS) is a feature available in Windows Server 2022, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, and…

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Windows, Windows Server

How to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11

Posted on 28/05/202225/03/2024 Matthew By Matthew No Comments on How to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11
How to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11

în this article, we shall discuss how to enable Secure Boot on PC to install Windows 11. To install Windows 11, a device must have “Secure Boot” activated in addition to a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Secure Boot is a security feature present on most current hardware with UEFI firmware that provides a secure environment…

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How to Add and Format a New Virtual Disk to an EC2 Instance

Posted on 09/05/202223/03/2023 Temitope Odemo By Temitope Odemo No Comments on How to Add and Format a New Virtual Disk to an EC2 Instance
How to Add and Format a New Virtual Disk to an EC2 Instance

With Amazon EC2 you can launch many virtual servers you need and you can configure the security, networking, and storage to your requirement. In this article, you will learn how to Add and Format a New Virtual Disk to an EC2 Instance. Amazon EC2 can help you to scale up or down in response to…

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AWS/Azure/OpenShift, Windows Server

How to extend System Drive Partition on Windows

Posted on 15/11/201727/04/2025 IT Expert By IT Expert No Comments on How to extend System Drive Partition on Windows
How to extend System Drive Partition on Windows

You can use Disk Management to add space to an existing volume, extending it into empty space on the drive, but only if the empty space doesn’t have a volume on it (it’s unallocated) and comes immediately after the volume you want to extend, with no other volumes in-between, as shown in the following image….

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