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...virtual machine it does not report the new partition size. It shows the file system as 15GB instead of the 50GB size of the partition that it lives on. I gather from hours so reading the manual that I need to increase the NTFS file system size to fill the new larger partition where it lives. The ntfresize command does not seem to be compatible with disk image files. Do I have to mount the disk image file with a loopback first? I tried doing it inside the Win7 VM using the disk management tools but that didn't work either. Any suggestions welcome. -- _ ?v? /(_)\ ^ ^ Mark LaPier...

...hours so reading the manual > that I need to increase the NTFS file system size to fill the new larger > partition where it lives. While yes, you do need to increase the NTFS file system, I'd expect what you'll find is the partition still needs to be enlarged first. > > The ntfresize command does not seem to be compatible with disk image > files. Do I have to mount the disk image file with a loopback first? > > I tried doing it inside the Win7 VM using the disk management tools but > that didn't work either. In the past I've booted up with a GNU/Linux li...

...eport the new partition > size. It shows the file system as 15GB instead of the 50GB size of the > partition that it lives on. I gather from hours so reading the manual > that I need to increase the NTFS file system size to fill the new larger > partition where it lives. > > The ntfresize command does not seem to be compatible with disk image > files. Do I have to mount the disk image file with a loopback first? It's generally recommended to use Windows tools to do NTFS re-sizing. I can't help with that, but from Linux you would need to run kpartx -a -v /path/to/i...