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Andres Tamez - 18 Mar 2005 20:59 GMT

Hi, I have a Powerbook G4 15" 1.33mhz and i'm running Virtual PC 7 and
for some reason the file that contains the Virtual PC data (Virtual PC
Document) each time that I close the software the size increases and
it's getting very heavy.

Please Help me to make tis file smaller!!!!!

Thank's

Andres

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kalli - 22 Mar 2005 10:15 GMT

When you shut down vpc, you are saving the current state of your virtual
machine (some windows os i imagine). There are temp files created that are
accumulating. When you actually 'turn of computer' in the windows os these
files should be deleted. But not when you 'save state'. Try running 'disk
cleanup' (accessories/system tools/ i think) this should clear up these files
and bring the size down.

> Hi, I have a Powerbook G4 15" 1.33mhz and i'm running Virtual PC 7 and
> for some reason the file that contains the Virtual PC data (Virtual PC
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> Andres

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Steve Jain - 22 Mar 2005 17:59 GMT

>When you shut down vpc, you are saving the current state of your virtual
>machine (some windows os i imagine). There are temp files created that are
>accumulating. When you actually 'turn of computer' in the windows os these
>files should be deleted. But not when you 'save state'. Try running 'disk
>cleanup' (accessories/system tools/ i think) this should clear up these files
>and bring the size down.

No, the only way to decrease a VMs disk size is to use one of the
compaction methods, Ghost to a new disk image, or defrag, zero, and
compact.

Disk Cleanup will remove extra files and free up space inside the
virtual disk, but it will not affect the size of the disk on the Mac.

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Andres Tamez - 31 Mar 2005 04:38 GMT

I already tried that and it didn't work, I'm worried because it's
getting very big!!

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