When creating a new virtual machine in VS 2005 R2 it seemed like the only
option was to use a dynamically expanding virtual disk rather then a fixed
virtual disk. I'm afraid of defrag problems down the road, especially
considering the size.

Is there a way that I can create a new virtual machine as a fixed hard drive
or is there a way to convert it to a fixed?



Thanks.

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:11:01 -0800, yepiknowiam
<yepiknowiam@xxxxxx> wrote:

>When creating a new virtual machine in VS 2005 R2 it seemed like the only
>option was to use a dynamically expanding virtual disk rather then a fixed
>virtual disk. I'm afraid of defrag problems down the road, especially
>considering the size.
>
>Is there a way that I can create a new virtual machine as a fixed hard drive
>or is there a way to convert it to a fixed?
>
>Thanks.

Yes to both.
You can create any type of VHD you want via the Virtual Disk option on
the main menu. You can also use the Inspect option to inspect the
disk and covert it to a differnet type.

To use a fixed disk with a new VM, create it prior in the location
you're using for the new VM and use the "use an existing vhd" option
instead of creating a dyn-expd disk.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

Thanks. That did the trick.

I'm trying to decide between two books: MS Press Virtual Server 2005 or
Professional VS 2005 by Ben Armstrong.

Any thoughts between those two?

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

> On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:11:01 -0800, yepiknowiam
> <yepiknowiam@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

> >When creating a new virtual machine in VS 2005 R2 it seemed like the only
> >option was to use a dynamically expanding virtual disk rather then a fixed
> >virtual disk. I'm afraid of defrag problems down the road, especially
> >considering the size.
> >
> >Is there a way that I can create a new virtual machine as a fixed hard drive
> >or is there a way to convert it to a fixed?
> >
> >Thanks.

>
> Yes to both.
> You can create any type of VHD you want via the Virtual Disk option on
> the main menu. You can also use the Inspect option to inspect the
> disk and covert it to a differnet type.
>
> To use a fixed disk with a new VM, create it prior in the location
> you're using for the new VM and use the "use an existing vhd" option
> instead of creating a dyn-expd disk.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

On Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:25:01 -0800, yepiknowiam
<yepiknowiam@xxxxxx> wrote:

>Thanks. That did the trick.
>
>I'm trying to decide between two books: MS Press Virtual Server 2005 or
>Professional VS 2005 by Ben Armstrong.
>
>Any thoughts between those two?
>

Well, I'm biased towards Professional VS 2005 since I was one of the
technical editors on it (but I get no $$ for copies sold :-) ), but I
do think it's a really good book. There's a lot of info in it, and
Ben is one of the top experts in VPC and VS.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/