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1. From the list of labs, select the desired lab.
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1. From the list of **My virtual machines**, select a running VM.
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1. From the menu on the left, select **Disks**.
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1. Choose **Attach new** to create a new data disk and attach it to the VM.
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1. Select **OK**.
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After a few moments, the new data disk is created and attached to the VM and appears in the list of **DATA DISKS** for that VM.
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After a few moments, the new data disk is created and attached to the VM and appears in the list of **Data disks** for that VM.
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### Attach an existing disk
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Follow these steps to reattach an existing available data disk to a running VM.
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1. From the menu on the left, select **Disks**.
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1. From the **Attach existing disk** pane, select OK.
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After a few moments, the data disk is attached to the VM and appears in the list of **DATA DISKS** for that VM.
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After a few moments, the data disk is attached to the VM and appears in the list of **Data disks** for that VM.
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## Detach a data disk
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When you no longer need a data disk that's attached to a VM, you can easily detach it. Detaching removes the disk from the VM, but keeps it in storage for use later.
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### Detach from the VM's management pane
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1. From your list of virtual machines, select a VM that has a data disk attached.
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1. From the list of **Data disks**, select the data disk that you want to detach.
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1. From the list of **DATA DISKS**, select the data disk that you want to detach.
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1. Select **Detach** from the top of the disk's details pane.
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The disk is detached and is available to attach to another VM.
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### Detach from the lab's main pane
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1. On your lab's main pane, select **My data disks**.
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1. Right-click the data disk you want to detach – or select its ellipsis (...) – and choose **Detach**.
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1. Right-click the data disk you want to detach – or select its ellipsis (**...**) – and choose **Detach**.
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1. Select **Yes** to confirm that you want to detach it.
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To upgrade an unmanaged data disk, follow the steps outlined in this article to [detach the data disk](#detach-a-data-disk) from an unmanaged VM. Then, [reattach the disk](#attach-an-existing-disk) to a managed VM to automatically upgrade the data disk from unmanaged to managed.
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