Virtual Machine is huge in size

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by JanK3, May 5, 2015.

  1. JanK3

    JanK3 Bit poster

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    My Windows 8 virtual machine is 80Gb by now. I find that strange because all data is shared with my mac. I only use Windows to run some software that is not available for mac. Any hints in how to decrease the size of my VM?
     
    JanK3, May 5, 2015
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  2. Dhruba@Parallels

    Dhruba@Parallels

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    Hi JanK3,
    Please check if Smart Guard is enabled, when Smart Guard is enabled it creates automatic snapshots and that consumes much space in the pvm file. To know more about Smart Guard, refer http://kb.parallels.com/5688
     
    Last edited: May 8, 2015
    Dhruba@Parallels, May 6, 2015
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