{"id":3052,"date":"2018-12-20T07:16:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T07:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2018-12-20T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T07:19:33","slug":"virtual-disk-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/virtual-disk-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Disk Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This article mainly talks about virtual disk manager which is able to manage disk space and partitions on virtual disks including VMDK, VDH and VDI as well as convert virtual disk formats. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual machine and virtual disk<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>A virtual machine is a software computer\nwhich imitates a physical computer and runs operating system and programs. It consists\nof a suit of specification and configuration files and is backed by the\nphysical resources of a host. Users want to run a virtual machine due to\nvarious reasons such as testing software, trying various operating systems,\netc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual disk is the storage device of virtual\nmachines, and it works the same as an actual hard drive in host. A virtual disk\ncan be partitioned so that you can install operating system and applications and\nstore personal data. There are multiple types of virtual machines: VMware, Microsoft\nVirtual PC, Virtual Box, Qemu, etc. Since virtual disk formats used under these\nvirtual machines are not uniformed, thus you can see multiple sorts of virtual\ndisks such as VMDK, VHD, VDHX, VDI, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Virtual Disk Manager<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual disk manager is designed to help\nusers manage virtual disks on a PC, including create partition, resize\npartition, convert virtual disk format, convert disk between physical and\nvirtual disk, etc. Virtual disk manager usually works just like a hard drive manager,\nand it helps manage disk space, organize data, improve performance, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/\">DiskGenius<\/a>\nis free disk partition software which is also hard drive and virtual disk\nmanager software for Windows platforms. It is able to run on both physical computer\nand virtual machine as long as the device is running Windows systems including DOS\nand WinPE. With this virtual disk manager, you can: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Create virtual disk files<\/li><li>Load and open virtual disk file without\nlaunching virtual machine.<\/li><li>Convert virtual disk formats without data\nloss, for example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/convert-vmdk-to-vhd.php\">convert VMDK\nto VHD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/convert-hyper-v-to-vmware.php\">convert Hyper-V\nto VMware<\/a>, convert VHD to VDI, etc.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diskgenius.com\/how-to\/disk2vhd.php\">Convert physical hard\ndrive to virtual<\/a> disk and vice versa.<\/li><li>Create, format, extend, resize, split,\nshrink partition on virtual disk.<\/li><li>Clone partition, clone disk, image\npartition, image disk, etc.<\/li><li>Recover lost or deleted files &amp; partitions<\/li><li>Backup &amp; restore operating system<\/li><li>Convert GPT\/MBR disk, convert partition\nbetween primary and logical, etc.<\/li><li>Support VMDK, VDI and VHD virtual disk\nfiles.<\/li><li>Support NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, FAT12, Fat16,\nEXT2, EXT3 and EXT4.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The rest part of this article gives several\nexamples that how to use virtual disk manager to manage virtual disks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Install DiskGenius on your physical computer\nand you can try following operations without launching virtual machines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example 1: Create a virtual disk (VMDK, VHD, VDI) with\nvirtual disk manager<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n1<\/strong>: Run DiskGenius from\nyour computer and you can view the main interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n2<\/strong>: Click<strong> Disk<\/strong> menu and choose <strong>Create New Virtual Disk File<\/strong>, after\nwhich you can choose the virtual disk format you want to create.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the moment, DiskGenius supports\ncreating VMware virtual disk file, Virtual PC virtual disk file, VirtualBox virtual disk file and .img image file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-01-1.png\" alt=\"virtual disk manager\" class=\"wp-image-3055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-01-1.png 858w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-01-1-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-01-1-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-01-1-377x300.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n3<\/strong>: Specify a location to\nsave the virtual disk, set the disk capacity and click <strong>Create<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example 2: Open a virtual disk in virtual disk manager <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>DiskGenius is able to open and load a\nvirtual disk without launching the virtual machine. Once the virtual disk is\nopened in the software, you can operate is like a regular disk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step1<\/strong>: Click Disk and choose Open Virtual Disk File,\nas below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-02.png\" alt=\"virtual disk manager\" class=\"wp-image-3054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-02.png 858w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-02-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-02-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-02-377x300.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n2<\/strong>: On the pop-up window,\nbrowse your computer and select the virtual disk you want to open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example 3: Convert virtual disk format<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>This function allows users to convert\nvirtual disk formats among VMDK, VHD and VDI without data loss. Thus, you can\nconvert VMDK to VHD, convert VMDK to VDI, convert VHD to VMDK, convert VHD to\nVDI, convert VDI to VMDK, convert VDI to VHD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n1<\/strong>: Click <strong>Disk<\/strong> menu and choose <strong>Convert Virtual Disk Format<\/strong> option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-03.png\" alt=\"virtual disk manager\" class=\"wp-image-3056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-03.png 858w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-03-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-03-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-03-377x300.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step\n2<\/strong>: Click <strong>Source Virtual Disk<\/strong> button to select\nthe virtual disk to be converted, click drop-down list to choose disk format,\nand set a location to save the converted virtual disk. Then click <strong>Convert<\/strong> button and DiskGenius starts to\nconvert virtual disk to desired format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-04.png\" alt=\"virtual disk manager\" class=\"wp-image-3057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-04.png 858w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-04-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-04-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/virtual-disk-manager-04-377x300.png 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the above, a virtual disk manager is very necessary for virtual disk, especially when you are working with virtual machine. DiskGenius makes it easy to manage both physical HDD and virtual disk, recover data as well as backup data. Download this free disk partition software now.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article mainly talks about virtual disk manager which is able to manage disk space and partitions on virtual disks including VMDK, VDH and VDI as well as convert virtual disk formats. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/virtual-disk-manager\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[842,843,841],"class_list":["post-3052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-pg","tag-hard-disk-manager","tag-virtual-disk","tag-virtual-disk-manager","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3058,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3052\/revisions\/3058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eassos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}