virtual hard disk image file full - help...

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Hello,

I am using v3.0 for Mac; build 5582 with a 2Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo Macbook with 2GB of memory and Leopard 10.5.2. I am using Parallels to view web sites with IE 6 and IE 7. I am not saving any data to the 10GB external drive that Windows XP is on. Initially the install used about 2 or 3 GB. Today when I tried to use Parallels I got the following message:

Parallels Desktop cannot save any data to virtual hard disk image file. The hard disk of your host computer is full. Please free up some space on the hard disk and click Retry.
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Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

Thanks!
 
thinking of your VM as if a laptop, would you purchase one with 10 gb drive ?

30 gb is my standard and that is about 50% full after WinXP sp3 and other updates

Hugh W
 
Thanks Hugh, but that doesn't answer my question. I am not doing anything with that installation other than viewing web sites that I am working on in IE6 and IE 7. I update the antivirus software that I am using (Avast) but I have not even updated windows. How could it have gone from about 3GB to about 9GB and how do I clear some of that space?
 
how to move from one hard drive to another

Hello again,

I just cloned the 10GB hard drive to a 20GB hard drive. How do I tell Parallels to look at the 20GB drive now?

Thanks.
 
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