Re: How to reduce/shrink the size of a VirtualPC disk image (reclaim unused space)

From: Steve Jain (essjae-No_at_Spam-hotmail.com)
Date: 10/09/04 

Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 14:52:41 -0700

You should NOT be using Undo Drives if you're trying to compress an
image.

Commit your changes, shut down, turn OFF Undo drives, restart, defrag,
etc.

On Sat, 09 Oct 2004 01:15:37 +0200, user@domain.invalid wrote:

>Steve Jain wrote:
>> You need to commit the changes FIRST, then defrag, then zero, then
>> compact.
>
>So, should I commit the changes, restart Windows, defrag, zero, shut
>down, and then commit again?
>
>Or create a second installation of Windows on a second image, shut down
>and commit the first installation. Then start the second installation,
>defrag the first installation and zero it (not that I would know how to
>defrag or zero stuff on a not-running Windows image)?

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
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