If we want to convert a Physical Machine to a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, we need first to change the physical hard drive to a virtual one using a free utility called Disk2vhd. Then, since ...

In this post, we will see how to shrink and compact hard disks in Hyper-V. This allows you to make room for the hard disks if they are too big for your physical computer. Since Hyper-V hard disks are ...

Recently, I had a hard disk failure in one of my production servers. That particular server uses Windows Storage Spaces to combine four physical disks into a single parity virtual disk. The process of ...

In my experience, Windows Storage Spaces tends to be reliable and typically behaves in a predictable manner. On a couple of occasions, however, I have encountered problems related to detached virtual ...

Are you getting a virtual disk service error when trying to run DiskPart? This can be a very frustrating issue, but luckily it is easy to fix. In this article, I will ...

While browsing the r/Windows10 subreddit, I remember someone asking if virtual hard disks (VHDs) offered free and additional storage. It gave me a chuckle (if only it worked that way!), but honestly, ...

Q: My computer displays a strange message about virtual memory being low. What is virtual memory and how do I increase it? A: Your computer has two quantities that are measured as “bytes” — its disk ...

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