64 GB HD Image with 24 GB of space occupied under Win 10 takes up 78 GB

Discussion in 'Windows Virtual Machine' started by bobbyt, Apr 12, 2017.

  1. bobbyt

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    Before I go further I will specify that if I shut down the image and try reclaim disk space, it says it will save me:
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    Now the HD in windows if I get properties shows:
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    And that same hdd file on my Mac shows:
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    I'm afraid to reclaim the 21 MB of space however, as the last few times I've tried reclaiming the HDD image it corrupted the image all together (windows would no longer boot and I had to restore a backup).

    Anyone have any ideas why the HDD image is so much larger than what it contains?
     

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