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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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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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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In this article, we shall discuss how to Fix System Partition not available or large enough on Microsoft BitLocker Administration and Monitoring. The BdeHdCfg.exe is a BitLocker Drive Encryption (Drive Preparation Tool). This file is part of the Microsoft Windows Operating System. It is a system and hidden file and is usually located in the %SYSTEM% folder. Please…
In this article, I am going to take you through the brief introduction to Linux and how to create a disk partition in Ubuntu Linux Operating System. This guide is intended to take you from a beginner to superuser and make you a better Linux System Administrator but before I continue, I will like to…
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A virtual disk is a file (or a set of files) on the host system that appears as a physical disk drive to the guest operating system. Virtual hard disk files store information such as the operating system, program files, and data files and have a .vmdk extension. In this article, I will show you how to extend a…
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In this article, we will show the steps to Initialize and format a virtual disk: How to add and remove a new virtual disk from a VM on VMware Workstation. A virtual disk is a file (or a set of files) on the host system that appears as a physical disk drive to the guest operating system….
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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You will learn how to convert a VHDX file to a VHD. The Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) file format can store the contents of a hard disk drive. Windows 7 and newer systems include the ability to manually mount VHD files. Here are some related articles: 3 Ways to Convert VMware VMs to Hyper-V, vCenter…
