Parallels Space issue. Why?

Discussion in 'General Questions' started by BartB1, Dec 23, 2019.

  1. BartB1

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    Parallels taking up over 300GB but Parallels disk is only 128GB.
    In Parallels Desktop 12.2.0 on MacOS 10.12.4, a Windows 10 VM is taking up over 170GB of mystery space. Windows only sees a 128GB drive. But Parallels claims to be using 300GB on hard disks.

    It's not snapshots-- Parallels reports only 22GB for snapshots. It's not multiple disks-- Parallels reports only one hard disk. It's not unpartitioned space on the Windows side-- Windows reports no significant unpartitioned space. It's not multiple VMs because Parallels reports only one VM, which I've confirmed by seeing only one 346GB VM file in Finder.

    But the space is definitely getting chewed up, because my Mac is low on disk space. WTF? Anyone know where that mystery 170GB is being used, and how to free it up?

    Regard.
     
  2. Hi, could you provide us with the screenshots of the HD size and taking up size please?
     
  3. BartB1

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    Let me provide you with screen shot.
     
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