I have created a disc of 512 GiB but only 63.9 GB is available

Question

Hi, Upon VM creation, I have added a disc of size 512 Gib. But as I log on to my VM, I see only 63.9 GB in D Drive. Please assist. Arun.

Answer 1

Hello Arunkumar Venkatesan,

Thank you for posting your query here!

It's possible that the disk has been added correctly, but the remaining space hasn't been allocated to a partition yet. In this case, you would need to use disk management tools in your operating system to allocate unallocated space to your D drive.

Below are high level steps:

· RDP to the machine

· Select "Disk Management" from the list. This will open the Disk Management utility.

· In Disk Management, you should see a graphical representation of all disks attached to your system.

· Look for the disk with the 512 GB capacity. It may be labeled as "Disk 1," "Disk 2," etc.

· Check the partitions on that disk. You may see a smaller partition (e.g., 64 GB) and unallocated space.

· If there's unallocated space, you can right-click on the existing partition and choose "Extend Volume" to allocate the unallocated space to it. Alternatively, you can create a new partition from the unallocated space.

Do let us know if you have any further queries. I’m happy to assist you further.

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