In order to do so, we will create a scenario. We are running Windows Server 2019 on the virtual machine. It has two disks, the system disk that has 40 GB and a second disk that has 50 GB. In the first part of this article, we will shrink the disk to 50 % and then extended it by 100 %.
Shrink Volume on the Virtual Machine
- Open the Hyper-V Manager
- Select the host and connect to the Windows virtual machine
- Login in the Windows Server 2019 or Windows client machine
- Right click on the Start menu and click on Disk Management
- Right click on the Disk 1 (50.00 GB) and then click Shrink Volume…
- Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB and then Shrink. In our case, we will shrink the volume to 25 GB. Please note that you cannot shrink a volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located.
- Congratulations . You have successfully shrink your volume.
- Right click ok the unallocated volume and then click New Simple Volume… In our case, we will initialize and format 24.49 GB that is previously shrunk
- Under the Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard click Next
- Under Specify Volume Size click Next
- Assign the following drive letter and click Next . In our case it is F:
- Under Format Partition keep the default settings for File system and Allocation unit size and change the Volume label and then click Next . In our case, it is Backup 2.
- Under Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard check the configured settings and then click Finish
- Congratulations . You have successfully created a disk.
- Open the File Explorer (Hold Windows logo and press E)
- Verify if the disk is properly shrunk and ready to use.
Extend the Volume on the Virtual Machine
- If you have closed the Disk Management , please open it again
- Right-click on the Backup 2 partition that we have previously and then click Delete Volume.
- Under Delete simple volume click Yes to delete the volume
- Congratulations . You have successfully deleted the volume.
- Right click on the Backup 1 and then click Extend Volume…
- Under the Welcome to the Extend Volume Wizard click Next
- Under Select Disks, select the volume and then click Next . In our case, the selected disk is Disk 1 25075 MB.
- Under Completing the Extend Volume Wizard check the settings and then click Finish
- Congratulations . You have successfully extended your volume. In our case, we extended hard disk from 25 GB to 50 GB as shown in the screenshot.
- Open the File Explorer (hold Windows logo and press E)
- Verify if the disk is properly extended and ready to use.
