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Host OS: Mac
Virtual machine: Windows XP

Problem: You initially set the hard disk size to 20G. Later you find you need to increase the disk size to 100G.

Solution:

1. turn off your virtual machine and set the hard disk size to 100G. You don’t need to check “pre-allocation”.
2. Start virtual machine (Win XP)
3. Download and install program “EASEUS Partition Master Home Edition”. http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm
4. Run “EASEUS Partition Master”. Select your C partition. Click button “Resize/Move” and increase your partition.
5. Click Apply to execute resizing.
6. Restart virtual machine.

Note: To be safe, you should backup your virtual machine before doing this.

You can only read, but not write to, your external NTFS hard disk? Here is a solution:

1. Go to http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/ and download/install macfuse

2. Go to http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24481/ntfs-3g and download/install ntfs-3g

3. Restart your computer

Then you can copy files to your NTFS hard disc.

Problem: the speed is slow: ~1M/s.