Changing size of Windows HD?

Discussion in 'Parallels Desktop for Mac' started by TheTrueth, Mar 21, 2007.

  1. TheTrueth

    TheTrueth Bit poster

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    Hey,

    First off, what a product. I'm still in disbelief about how well Parallels works and runs once you get it setup (setup was a bit of a problem for me), it's baffling. What an innovation.

    Anyways, I managed to get Windows XP Pro up and running on my Macbook. It's working well, but when I was setting it up I used the "express." Apparently, express allocated 32 GB of my Harddrive to the Windows Partition (I have 80 GB total, but 50 free before setting this up). I've decided I will only use Windows for few products. Which means, 32 GB is WAAAAY too much. At the very most I see myself using about 15GB, and I would much rather have the extra 17GB allocated to my Mac running MAC OS X, since that is what I will be using the majority of the time. I really do not want to have to set this up again as I barely got it to work. Is there anyway I can decrase the amount of Hard Drive the Windows Partition is allowed to use? or is this irrelevant and will I automatically be able to use the space I don't use from the Windows Paritition with my Mac setup ?

    I am a little confused and not terribly good with the technical stuff. I hope this is clear and easy to understand.


    Thanks
     
  2. ksenks

    ksenks Parallels Developers

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    TheTrueth, in current version there is no way to decrease your hdd.
     
  3. Eru Ithildur

    Eru Ithildur Forum Maven

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    You can try backing up your system, making a new and smaller drive, and putting it on the new smaller drive.
     

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