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# Resizing a Virtual Disk Drive

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**Note**

Drives can only be increased in size; they cannot be reduced. Verify whether your guest OS supports resizing without a power cycle, particularly for Virtio-SCSI drives.
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To resize a virtual disk drive within a VM, follow these steps:

1. From the **VM Dashboard**, click **Drives** in the left menu.
2. Select the drive to be modified.
3. Click **Edit** in the left menu.
4. Modify the drive size as desired.
5. Click **Submit**.

## Important Notes

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If the VM configuration allows hot-plugging, the disk interface is set to **Virtio-SCSI**, and the guest Operating System (OS) supports it, the drive size can typically be increased without power cycling the VM.
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**Warning**

Drives cannot be reduced in size. While partitions may be resized inside the guest OS, the disk drive itself cannot be shrunk.
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**Warning**

Modifications to drive size will most likely require corresponding changes within the guest Operating System to utilize the newly added space.
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**Document Information**

* Last Updated: 2024-08-29
* vergeOS Version: 4.12.6
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