Problem with compacting

[smj]

Hi,

I'm having an issue with compacting my virtual hard drive.
I started it this morning and just got home to find it still going - over 10 hours later.
It seems to be about 75% of the way now.
The image was taking about 30gb, and only contained 5gb of files so I wouldn't expect it to be a particularly long process.
I'm using the latest build of Parallels and haven't messed around with any settings related to this.

How long does the process take for other people? Any ideas on how to speed it up?

Thanks

 

[Xenos]

Hello Smj,

The compacting procedure consists of two stages:

- A preparatory stage, performed in the Guest OS, when the unused space is being cleaned;
- A compacting stage performed in Mac OS X. This procedure removes clean unused space from the virtual disk file.

The first stage may take a significant time. You can read more about the procedure in Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide, p. 244.

Best regards,
Xenos