Re: How to shrink a growing hard disk?
From: John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] (john_at_mcghie.name)
Date: 02/12/05
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Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 19:12:41 +1100
1. Download Eraser, (http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/) and install it in
the guest OS. Alternative disk 'zeroing' software can also be used.
2. Defragment the guest OS hard drive.
3. Backup any critical data in the guest OS.
4. Run Eraser in the guest OS.
5. Click Edit, then Preferences, then Erasing
6. Select Unused Disk Space
7. Select New
8. Enter the description Blank
9. Click Add
10. Create a 3-byte pattern of zeros
11. Click Save
12. Select Blank under Unused disk space
13. Click OK.
14. Click File, then New Task
15. Select Unused space on drive
16. Select Local Hard Drives
17. Click OK
18. Select Task, then Run on the previously created task
19. Wait for completion
20. Close the report
21. Exit Eraser and shutdown the guest PC.
22. Use Virtual Disk Wizard on the Host PC to reclaim lost space. Click
File, then Virtual Disk Wizard.
23. Click Next to start the wizard.
24. Select Examine or modify existing disk and click Next.
25. Click Browse to locate the disk image, double-click the image file
and click Next to continue.
26. Select Compact the Disk image and click Next.
27. Virtual PC allows the use of a secondary file to compact the disk.
It's a good idea to have the image file be compacted to a new file and then
verified to prevent data loss or corruption of the original image file.
Select New File, browse or enter a new location, click Next to continue.
28. Click Finish to start the process.
When finished, click Close.
On 12/2/05 6:43 AM, in article
1108150983.400625.234020@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com, "iGreg"
<gregmartinez@mac.com> wrote:
> From what I understand the unused space must be zeroed out first
> before using that feature in VPC. However, I have been trying to find a
> program that will do this without going through about 3 dozen steps and
> have yet find one.
>
> I think Microsoft should provide such a utility as part of VPC that
> does this simply with just a couple of easy to follow steps.
>
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