Alternative methods of resizing virtual disks

Two new methods of resizing virtual disks have come to my attention. My guides talk about either using Ghost or Partition Magic/Volume Manager. There are free methods you might wish to consider.

The first is documented at www.vmwareprofessional.com

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and uses multiple VMs and MS diskpart tools, which are available inherently in Windows 2003 and from the Resource Kit in Windows 2000. It’s a bit of a “clunky” method, but it does work.

Dominic’s site is also good for those wishing to study for the VCP exam.

Another method is using a boot linux CD (www.knoppix.com is a good place to start looking for ISO’s) and free linux tools called qparted (qtparted.sourceforge.net ). I’m looking into this method, as it seems to be a direct, free equivalent of Partition Magic/Volume Manager. I will let you know how to set it up and get started as soon as I’ve figured it out!

This was first published in August 2005

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