how to reduce the size of hdd file in MAc OS to the actual size of Windows C drive
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John@Parallels
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Please make sure the following:
1. There is no snapshots
2. You can use Parallels Image tools from /Applications/Parallels to compact image, after running Parallels Compressor
1. There is no snapshots
2. You can use Parallels Image tools from /Applications/Parallels to compact image, after running Parallels Compressor
compressor would compress the files. isn't it? i do not want to compress the files. i assume that the speed of windows will fall given the need to compress and uncompress.
can i just reduce the M to 8-10GB if the actual data on C drive is 6GB? without compression of files.
btw, i did go into image tools without compressor run, and i could not find any compacting option?
pl help. thanks.
can i just reduce the M to 8-10GB if the actual data on C drive is 6GB? without compression of files.
btw, i did go into image tools without compressor run, and i could not find any compacting option?
pl help. thanks.
John@Parallels
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Do not run compressor in this case, perform defragmentation on Windows (there should be at least 15% free of disk space) and use Parallels Image Tools to compact
i defragmented. then ran image tool.
and guess what the opposite happened!
the hard disk size changed to 15GB whereas the Windows XP content is ~7GB.
frustrating.
any solution?
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and guess what the opposite happened!
the hard disk size changed to 15GB whereas the Windows XP content is ~7GB.
frustrating.
any solution?
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it has only become worse. please help here!
8.1GB in Windows VM. 16.5GB in Mac.
Colossal wastage of precious laptop hard disk!
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8.1GB in Windows VM. 16.5GB in Mac.
Colossal wastage of precious laptop hard disk!
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John@Parallels
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It is pvs file, inside pvm bundle
right click on pvm show package contents
right click on pvm show package contents
John@Parallels
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Iti si virtual machine configuration, there is no data, which may reveal any personal information, of course you can send me in PM
John@Parallels
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File seems to be correct
Please right click on pvm, show package contents
What can you see inside
Also you will see there hdd file, Please right click on it, show package contents
What is there
Please right click on pvm, show package contents
What can you see inside
Also you will see there hdd file, Please right click on it, show package contents
What is there
here you go
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John@Parallels
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Hm, it is very strange
Please try to disable system restore in Windows, and also please paste Disk Management screenshot from Windows side here
Please try to disable system restore in Windows, and also please paste Disk Management screenshot from Windows side here
here are a couple of images. i reduced system restore space from 3.8GB to 1.5GB. I also deleted bunch of old files. pl helpm e get PArallels hdd size to C drive usage +3-4GB!!
thanks.
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thanks.
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John@Parallels
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Please Disk Management screenshot
and also I need to see is NTFS compression checked on C: properties
and also I need to see is NTFS compression checked on C: properties
P
Parallels User
Parallels Compressor doesn't compress the virtual harddrive like zipping a file does, it just eliminates freespace and slackspace, a Virtual Harddisk will run at the same speed or faster after it was compressed (there's no decompression when it's running, this is not compression like .zip or .gz).
can you tell me what you mean by disk management? also pl tell me how to get the NTFS property screenshot. i have not enabled anything by my actions.
@Specimen: can you tell me how to run compressor, if compressor does not zip the entire drive? may be that will help.
thanks!
@Specimen: can you tell me how to run compressor, if compressor does not zip the entire drive? may be that will help.
thanks!
John@Parallels
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Specimen, yes, but decompression takes time, and opening closing files involves this process
about disk management
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457110.aspx
about disk management
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457110.aspx
P
Parallels User
I'm talking about Parallels Compressor here, the thing run from the top menu Virtual Machine>Run Parallels Compressor. Maybe I misread what you guys meant by compression.
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