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How to Add a Virtual Disk to the Existing Storage in Windows Server?

Last Updated : 21 Mar, 2022
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A virtual disk is a file on the host system and appears to be a physical disk drive to the guest operating system. So, if you need some additional space in your virtual machine, and to solve this problem, you can attach a virtual disk to it of the desired size. In this article, we would learn practically how to attach a Virtual Disk.

Steps to attach a Virtual Disk

Step 1: Open the settings of your virtual machine. The VM on which you want to attach the additional Virtual Disk.

Open-the-settings-of-your-virtual-machine

Step 2: Go to --> Storage --> Click on controller --> Select add hard disk. Add Hard disk button would e available when you'll select controller: SATA and then the rightmost icon on it, i.e. of adding a Virtual hard disk.

Add-Hard-disk-button

Step 3: Click on Create. We need to create a virtual disk and attach it. A wizard for creating a virtual disk would appear.

Click-on-Create

Step 4: Select the type of disk and click Next. Select the type of disk you want to specify.

Select-the-type-of-disk-and-click-Next

Step 5: Select the type of allocation on the physical disk and click Next. Select dynamically allocated so that they are faster to create and can grow to larger sizes.

Select-the-type-of-allocation-on-the-physical-disk

Step 6: Provide the location, name, and size of the disk and click on the Create button.

Provide-the-location-name-and-size-of-the-disk

Step 7: Select the disk created and click on Choose button. 

Select-the-disk-created-and-click-on-Choose

A Virtual hard disk would be attached to the existing storage.

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