Another Disk Question - Incorrect Sizes Reported

System Configuration:

MacBook Pro, OS X 10.4.7, Windows XP Pro Guest OS, 2 GB RAM, 512MB for guest, Parallels Build 1862 Beta (registered)



The Guest OS (Windows XP) Disk is reporting it's size as 7.79 GB with 957 MB free inside the VM.

The disk size is reported as 8000 MB with an actual size of 2795 MB via the console.

The actual file size of winxp.hdd is 6.73 GB.

The disk is of type 'Expanding'.

I have repeatedly run the parallels compressor tool, and have changed the disk type back and forth from 'Standard' to 'Expanding' - but the file size on disk does not go down to 2795 MB.

is there another step I am missing?

Thanks

 

DiskPart.exe: c:\windows\system32
run it and type LIST VOLUME. What Gives? Less than 8 Gbyte? Try EXTEND #, where "#" is the volume number related to C (supposing "C" is your boot HD).
This procedure must be done whenever you expand a disk with Parallels Utilities. It only expands the partition but you also need to tell to Win XP to extend it to that size otherwise it will stil recognize the old size. I
m not English, hope I was clear.

PLEASE NOTE: I think there's already (more than) one thread about this...

 

thank you for your reply - however I do not believe it addresses the issue I was posting about. I am not trying to make the partition bigger - I want the disk size to be SMALLER than it is - Parallels says there is less than 3 GB of data, yet the file size is 7GB on the Mac disk.

 

Therefore I suppose at least a tiny file is at the "end" of the disk making it impossible to be shrunk down. If I'm right you should defrag it. If not is a bug that's already been discussed in a past post.

 

Thanks again.

I have defragged several times - the file seems stuck at it's current size - it grows but does not shrink.

 

Ok, shut down XP so you are back at the Guest Configuration Screen.
then click on the the Hard Disk then click on the Advanced Tab

Down at the bottom you can compress the Disk,

I sure with Compression algorythms it is hard to get the Real number because diff files compress differently.

 

Ben - thanks for the reply.

I have already done this step several times - it does not change the actual disk file size.

I believe this is a bug and was wondering if there was a work around.

I have compacted from both inside and outside the guest OS.

I have run disk clean, defrag and compress - the disk file on the Mac disk does not change size

 

That is interesting, i just did a compact on a Linux .HDD and it went from 5gig to 1gig.
let me try my XP Guest and Ill report back

 

Ok, i compacted my XP Guest and I get same as you...