Select Create volume and you will be given the choices to Create Simple Volume (a standard NTFS storage volume) or Create Dev Drive. To find and use unallocated space on an existing drive, you can open System > Storage > Disks & volumes, look through the page to see whether any storage space is listed as "Unallocated". The maximum size will be the amount of free space you allocated in the previous step, the minimum size for a Dev Drive is 50GB.Ĭongratulations! You've now resized your Dev Drive. To format a Dev Drive on the new free space, specify the Label (drive name), Drive Letter, and Size allocation. You will need to have at least 50GB of unallocated space available, the minimum size needed for a Dev Drive. Resize an existing volume or use unallocated space on an existing diskĬhoose a new size for the volume. The Dev Drive designation happens only at the original format time. Once you complete the process of selecting between these options, your Dev Drive will be created.Įxisting storage volumes cannot be converted to be a Dev Drive. Dynamically expanding - Grows to maximum size as data is written.Fixed size - This virtual hard disk file is allocated to the maximum size when created (Recommended for efficiency).VHDX: Supports virtual disks up to 64TB in size and offers more resilient protection against unexpected IO failure caused by issues like power outage).VHD: Supports virtual disks up to 2040GB in size.Virtual hard disk size: Assign the amount of disk space that will be allocated for the volume to use, minimum size is 50GB.Recommended to store in a per-user directory path to avoid any unintentional sharing. Location: Assign a directory path where the Dev Drive VHD will be located on your machine.Virtual hard disk name: Give a name to your VHD (Dev Drive).When choosing the Create new VHD option to set up a Dev Drive, you will then need to determine the following: * This option will only display if you have previously set up unallocated space in your storage.
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