I usually use Dual boot on my machine, for testing, trials, learning purpose …etc

I had some headache  recently..

I had windows vista ultimate 32 bit installed on my C drive. After wards, I installed Windows server 2008 64Bit on my D drive. On boot, i have a list to choose the boot options. All worked fine.

After a few weeks, i had to reinstall vista on my C drive,
Now, I can't reach the operating system list on my boot to use the server edition.
I tried something like EasyBCD tool but no way .
Then , i tried to use the Windows Server DVD to repair the installation . BUT , the DVD ONLY detects the Vista on C partition for the repair.
The other Windows server 2008 on D partition is not detected at all. Although i checked the D  partition and the files are still there.

The only solution, was to boot again from the Vista DVD, choose the repair option. Afterwards all the stuff is repaired.

Have a look again on how the boot configuration looks like now

Sometimes you need to expand the allocated hard disk space or add a new HDD drive for one of your virtual machines.

I ‘ll show a little explanation for that.

I ‘m using Windows XP virtual machine on a Vista machine.

This snapshot shows the only available HDDs on the XP machine:

You need to shutdown the virtual machine before adding the new Hard Disk.

Edit Virtual Machine Settings

Click Add

Now the new disk has been added

Restart your virtual machine

Nothing new added yet. But, note the new HDD icon on the bottom right icons on the vmware bar.

On the virtual machine, Start > Run > mmc.exe

File > Add / Remove snap-in

Add > Computer Management

Click on Disk Management

(This gives you an option to use a dynamic disc too if you need one)

Right click on the new disk and choose > Create New Partition

Now the new HDD partition added successfully