The following guide explain “How to resize Windows 2003 server (boot system) virtual disk on VMware ESX”.
Preliminary Note
- Operating System: Windows 2003
- Hostname: Win07
- Initial drive c: hard disk space: 12 GB
- Allocate additional hard disk space: 8GB
- Total size(resize) = 20GB
- VMware ESX version 3.5 update 3
- GPart LiveCD 0.3.9-4
Note: We’re NOT warranty and response for any disk corruption. Please make sure you have BACKUP before proceed.
Here you go step by step:
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