One of the most confusing and intimidating parts of installing Linux for dual-booting with Windows is the disk partitioning required.

Rather than destroying the existing VM to expand the disk to allow for the installation, users can–with some manual effort–expand the existing disk image used with Windows 10 in a VM.

You can easily change the Hard Disk Cluster Size in Windows 11/10 via the built-in Format utility or Diskpart command-line tool. Learn how.