Solved + 85GBs on my VHD file... Can't Shrink it

[jimbo45]

Hi there

I'm afraid I'm Baffled too - if you DO ever figure it out please post what it was. !!

I usually don't give up easily but I have to say I'm totally baffled by this one. !! --Sorry I can't give you any more suggestions.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[AstaLaVista]

Me neither, I can never walk away from a challenge but then again, when you get to be my age... you start to choose your battles carefully!

I honestly believe that what will happen is that I am going to uninstall virtual Mode and install a fresh copy to see if I did something wrong the first time out... it is the only logical explanation. More so now that the size has increase yet again.

 

[AstaLaVista]

I can not believe that I finally found the answer and it was under my nose the whole time...

http://www.sevenforums.com/virtualization/188594-compressing-vhd-file-windows-xp-mode.html

There is no button per say but if you look at the image, if you go to the settings and click the "Modify" button and then 2 choives... I chose "Compact" and it went from +20 GBs to +12 GBs