Increase VirtualBox VDI Size

 

 

The time will come when there’s a need to increase the Virtual disk size. These are the steps (to increase existing size of 10GB to 20GB):

 

STEPS

1.       Close the VM VirtualBox Manager.

2.       On command prompt, go to the VirtualBox directory & issue command  VBoxManage modifyhd “d:\vm\xp.vdi” --resize 20480



Notes :
d:\vm\xp.vdi is the  location of the vdi file. The location can also be found under SETTINGS – STORAGE.




20480 is the size in MB.  In the case above, 20GB x 1024MB = 20480MB


The progress will be shown. Resize is completed at 100%

3.       Start VirtualBox Manager. The VDI size is now at 20GB.

4.       Boot up the virtual machine.

5.       Final step is to Increase the partition size. My favorite is EaseUS Partition Master Free Edition.  It’s simple & easy to us. Best of all, it’s free.

 

Problem Deleting Registry Key ?

This guy has a great write up on issue related to deleting stubborn  Registry Keys 

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/full-control-permission-to-delete-or-edit-restricted-windows-registry/

 

 

Force Gmail Contact Resync Blackberry Contact

 

1.  On the Blackberry device, go to Contacts and open Options.

2.  Type:  rset (there isn't a field to type it in, just type it while Options is open.)

3.  Confirm that you want to wipe the contacts.

4.  After a few minutes the contacts will sync back.

 

 

 

Reason 442: Failed to Enable Virtual Adapter - Windows 7 64 bit

For an unknown reason, Cisco VPN client just refused to connect after I make Windows 7 as WiFi Hotspot. Getting error Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual Adapter.

 

 

Apparently, Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service was causing the error. The workaround is to STOP Windows ICS service & bravo, Cisco VPN Client works like charm!

 

 

 

Life's Journey

 

 

Add Outlook.com Account to Blackberry Torch 9810

This is how to add Outlook.com account to Blackberry Torch 9810 (using software version 7.1) :
 
Go to SETUP - EMAIL ACCOUNTS - Add another email address.
 
Under Windows Live, choose  @live.com
 
Key in your outlook.com email address (ie :  uremail@outlook.com)
Key in the password
 
CONTINUE

Can't Partition Unallocated Disk

Having more than 2 TB of disk space but can only create a partition up to the size of 2 TB ? The rest remain as  “ Unallocated Disk “ & no matter what, the options are blur out making partitioning impossible.

Converting the DISK to GPT format resolved the problem (right mouse click on DISK, choose Convert to GPT Disk).

DB2 Best Practises

For the DB2 Database Administrators, the best practices

 

https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/groups/service/html/communityview?communityUuid=d4334e67-3b43-4d33-bf32-22a73685871c