That did help. The vhd file is now 8.7GB compared to 11.9GB.
Jonathan
"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:
Quote:
> On Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:30:08 -0800, JonathanL
> <JonathanL@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Quote:
> >Thank you one and all. Now I think I understand it. I was hoping that I could
> >somehow shrink the VHD file more than what I have using the steps outlined
> >elsewhere, but I can see what I have is as good as it gets. The C: drive in
> >the XP guest says it's using 10.7GB and the VHD file is 11.9GB after
> >shrinking (it was 16GB). In order to reduce the VHD file more, I'd have to
> >delete apps and/or data and then go through the shrink process again. I just
> >thought I was missing something trick, but I'm not. Thanks again!
> >
> >Jonathan
> >
> You might be able to reduce the size of the VHD on your physical hard
> disk by using NTFS compression. This usually results in a 40 to 60%
> compression...essentially halving the disk space used.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>