title: How can I easily add storage to a VirtualBox machine with XP installed?
body: <p>When I installed Windows XP on a <strong>VirtualBox</strong> machine, I made the hard drive only <strong>10 GB</strong> since and assumed it would <strong>expand</strong> in size (as do hard drives in <strong>VMWare</strong> as far as I can remember, isn't this true?).</p>
  
  <p>In any case, I'm trying to install Visual Studio 2010 beta on this Virtual Box XP image and it has <strong>run out</strong> of disk space.</p>
  
  <p>Googling for an answer, I'm finding <strong>complicated <a href="http://www.giannistsakiris.com/index.php/2007/11/25/how-to-enlarge-a-virtualbox-disk/" rel="noreferrer">tutorials like this</a></strong> which show you how to increase the size of a VirtualBox hard drive "in just a <strong>couple hours</strong>". </p>
  
  <p>But I can't imagine it would be that hard to either:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><strong>increase the size</strong> of a virtual disk (after all, it <em>is</em> virtual)</li>
  <li><strong>create</strong> a new hard drive of, say, 20 GB and just <strong>attach</strong> it in the virtual machine as the D: or E: drive</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><strong>How can I easily add storage space to a VirtualBox machine with XP installed?</strong></p>