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just run Virtual Disk Wizard available in Virtual PC 2007. you may see details from the following discussion.<br />
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<a href="http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/15d1167e-f833-41fd-9dd2-2cc79a71c26d" rel="ugc nofollow">http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/15d1167e-f833-41fd-9dd2-2cc79a71c26d</a><br />
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hope it helps,<br />
bbao
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just run Virtual Disk Wizard available in Virtual PC 2007. you may see details from the following discussion.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/15d1167e-f833-41fd-9dd2-2cc79a71c26d [http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprovirt/thread/15d1167e-f833-41fd-9dd2-2cc79a71c26d]

hope it helps,
bbao

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i know you can mount it there and compact but it doesn't give the space back when it was orginally shrunk<br />
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i know you can mount it there and compact but it doesn't give the space back when it was orginally shrunk
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Is there an easy way to reclaim space from a MS vm. I have already shrunk the size inside the vm.
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Is there an easy way to reclaim space from a MS vm. I have already shrunk the size inside the vm.

reclaim MS vm space

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.