Vboxmanage/compact: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen
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=== Windows Guest === | === Windows Guest === | ||
# | # Run defrag in the guest (Windows only) | ||
sdelete.exe c: -z | # user [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897443 SDelete] from Sysinternals | ||
sdelete.exe c: -z | |||
=== Vboxmanage === | === Vboxmanage === | ||
Version vom 6. Januar 2023, 11:22 Uhr
Compact VirtualBox's VDI file size
Reduce vdi file size size
Nullify free space
Linux Guest
dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/tmp/bigemptyfile bs=4096k rm /var/tmp/bigemptyfile
or
telinit 1 mount -o remount,ro /dev/sda1 zerofree -v /dev/sda1
Windows Guest
- Run defrag in the guest (Windows only)
- user SDelete from Sysinternals
sdelete.exe c: -z
Vboxmanage
Shutdown the guest VM
Linux Host
vboxmanage modifymedium --compact /path/to/thedisk.vdi
Windows Host
VBoxManage.exe modifymedium --compact c:\path\to\thedisk.vdi
Mac Host
VBoxManage modifymedium --compact /path/to/thedisk.vdi VBoxManage is located here: /Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/VBoxManage
Links
Anwendung
# vboxmanage modifymedium --compact windows10.vdi 0%...10%...20%...30%...40%...50%...60%...70%...80%...90%...100%