Difference between revisions of "VirtualBox"

Latest revision as of 17:09, 18 March 2014

Click Start
Right Click on Computer and click 'Properties'
Advanced System Settings
Click 'Settings' in the Performance box under the 'Advanced' Tab (should be already selected).
Click the 'Advanced' Tab
Click 'change' under the Virtual Memory box.
Uncheck automatically manage page filing file size for all drives.
Tune to your need; you can also move it to another shared drive
Click OK.

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Windows "disk cleanup" in Control Panel
Sysinternals sdelete to zeroize free space:

sdelete -z

VBoxManage modifyhd windows.vdi --compact

or copy it, changing the format on-the-fly if needed

VBoxManage clonehd windows.vdi windows.vmdk --format VMDK

And do a snapshot again if desired

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 # Windows "disk cleanup" in Control Panel
-# Sysinternals [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx sdelete] to zeroize free space: <code>sdelete -z</code>
+# Sysinternals [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443.aspx sdelete] to zeroize free space:
+ sdelete -z
 ===VirtualBox===
-* Delete all snapshots
+# Delete all snapshots
-* Compact drive
+# Compact drive
  VBoxManage modifyhd windows.vdi --compact
-* or copy it, changing the format on-the-fly if needed
+or copy it, changing the format on-the-fly if needed
  VBoxManage clonehd windows.vdi windows.vmdk --format VMDK
+And do a snapshot again if desired