The size of the disk drive C in the Azure VM doesn't match the selected size when it was created

TarekAHF 6 Reputation points
2023-02-19T05:37:31.9533333+00:00

The VM and Disk were created under the Azure account and all is working fine. I tried to match the size I see in the VM with the size I see in the Azure Portal, and I cannot reconcile the numbers.

On the Azure Portal, Disks Resources, I see the size as 1024 GiB and when I log on to the VM using Remote Desktop I see the size as 126 GB (from File Explorer/This PC).

Am I missing something? There is a big difference between 126 and 1024. Can someone explain this?

Tarek

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  1. Andreas Baumgarten 110.7K Reputation points MVP
    2023-02-19T08:35:21.9+00:00

    Hi @TarekAHF ,

    if the "physically size" of the disk (1024 GB) differs from the partition size (126 GB) please take a look in the Disk Management of the VM.

    It might be there is "unused/unallocated" disk space on the volume.


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    Regards

    Andreas Baumgarten

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