Delete a Virtual Disk

If you want to change the size of a virtual disk, you must delete that virtual disk and create a new one with the desired configuration.

Warning: Deleting a virtual disk is permanent and data cannot be retrieved; However, you can choose to keep partition information from the deleted virtual disk.

To delete a virtual disk

  1. Start the MRU.

  2. Click the Virtual Disks tab, and then click the icon for the desired virtual disk.

  3. The Virtual Disk Details window appears.

    Virtual disk details window

  4. Click Delete.

  5. A message appears confirming the deletion of the virtual disk. You cannot delete the virtual disk if your OS is running on it.

  6. Click OK.

  7. A second message appears asking to delete partition information.

  8. Click OK to delete information or Cancel to keep information.

Note: After deleting the virtual disk, the additional free space is shown as space available on the physical drives. Any physical drive that is not used as part of a virtual disk is available through the Windows Storage Manager.