HOW do I reduce the size of my VM volume?

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dennisthemennis

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I have searched through all the threads and tried numerous suggestions but they have all been suggestions and NOT solutions. There must be someone out there who is clever enough to troubleshoot this problem. I have a macBook Pro running leopard with parallels 3.0 and have updated the build. The VM size is 32Gb which is too much for me and I want to reduce it. I have merged it! I have Compacted it! I have re-installed tools! I have changed it from PLAIN to expanding (at least I think so).

Please help (I have read and read through the manuals with NO joy so I am not being lazy).
 
How large is your HD/partition?
How much space is available on OS X?
How large is your .hdd file according to OS X (Apple + I while it is selected in the finder)? How much space does Windows say it is using?
How much free space does Windows say it has?
How much total space does Windows say it has?
 
Hard rive partition 32gb
space on OS X 56gb
.hdd file is 120gb
windows is using approx 15gb
windows has 17gb free
total space says 31gb

I hope that makes sense, I have finally been able to start using compressor which is doing something different than before but its taking a while, defragging or so it says but I dont think its actually doing what I want it to do i.e specify the reduction of my VM drive.

thanks dennis
 
I was double posting out of frustration! I know its unfair because evryone wants a solution now. I just wondered if there was a limit to the amount of replies a Parallels worker could respond. And how dumb of me not to realise the time difference (america would be asleep)

I tried the compressor a few times but it did nothing and compacting!? there is obviously a difference. It was probably to do with the build update too.

Parallels truly is an amazing product!

Thanks
 
please explain solution further

was it compressor or compacting that worked for you? can you list the steps? i have the same issue.

thanks
 
I would not buy a laptop with a 32 GB hard disk
a WinXp sp2 VM needs space for scratch and temporary files

I just moved mine, also 32gb, by cloning to a Firewire 800 La Cie drive

My data is all in shared folders on the Mac side which stops the VM expanding too fast

Hugh W
 
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pendolino said:
was it compressor or compacting that worked for you? can you list the steps? i have the same issue.

thanks
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It was Compacting that worked. First I needed to check I had the newest Build (update) you can do this in the top left when paralells is running. I then defragmented the drive in paralells and then compacted the drive. After compacting the drive all was as it should be. If you need more precise instructions, try the help pdf that comes with paralells. Or if I can help anymore just ask. Alicia seems to be on the ball, you will see her name in most posts, you could contact her/him?
 
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