Resizing windows ???

[Parallelsskip]

Hi there,
I deleted a lot of crap in my windows 7 , which I run under Parallels on a Mac Mini.
Now I wanted do use this freed space for my Mac side and resized the Windows.iso with your suggested partition tool.
All went well . . . But the required space is still the same. I did not gain any space.
The only thing I gained is a unallocated space inside the windows.iso
Hmm, that's defeats the purpose doesn't it?
What did I do wrong???

Cheers
Parallelsskip

 

[marat_t]

Hello,

Please compress virtual machine hard disk:
Shut down virtual machine.
Open virtual machine configuration (http://kb.parallels.com/en/117287 ) > Hardware > Hard Disk > click 'compress'.

NOTE: I strongly recommend to backup virtual machine before the compressing/resizing virtual hard drive: http://kb.parallels.com/en/4859

 

[Parallelsskip]

Thanks for the answer, Marat.
I did this and it freed up some nice space, but I still have 24 GB unallocated space in my Windows.hdd
Question1: What does the compressing do? I have the feeling it makes Windows slower . . .
Question 2: How can I get rid of the unallocated 24 GB in the Windows.hdd ??

Kind Regards
Parallelsskip

 

[Parallelsskip]

Does anybody know, how to get rid of the unallocated space on the Windows.hdd
I have about 24 GB there for nothing and would like to use it.

KR
Parellelsskip

 

[Manoj@Parallels]

Hi Parallelsskip,

Please follow the steps suggested at http://kb.parallels.com/114654 to reclaim unused hard disk space from the Virtual machine and check how it goes!

 

[Parallelsskip]

Resizing does not work despite disk and file system check