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    To Increase the Size of a VMDK file in Virtual Box (How to increase size of the vmdk HDD with -flat.vmdk )



    To Increase the Size of a VMDK file in VirtualBox, if it has a VMDK file with -flat.vmdk 


     Do this Follow below steps,

    Remove HDD from Virtual Machine (It won't delete it :) )

    Open VirtualBox folder where you install and start CMD (command Prompt) from the same folder


    D:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox  (for me I installed it in D Drive )


    and then type below command 

    1) VBoxManage clonemedium "source.vmdk" "cloned.vdi" --format vdi

    Then now new HDD created. :) Now we can resize it ..

    2) VBoxManage modifymedium "cloned.vdi" --resize 51200

    It will resize disk to 50 GB (50 x 1024)

    Now connect it back to VM

    Done :)

    After that turn on the VM and Go to Disk manager and expand the disk:)

    If you want 
    VBoxManage clonemedium "cloned.vdi" "resized.vmdk" --format vmdk

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