HuberBlog ::Jason Huber » SalesLogix http://huberblog.com This is where Jason puts his stuff of personal interest. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:13:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Working with Virtual PC and .vhd sizes http://huberblog.com/2009/12/14/working-with-virtual-pc-and-vhd-sizes/ http://huberblog.com/2009/12/14/working-with-virtual-pc-and-vhd-sizes/#comments Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:05:35 +0000 Jason http://huberblog.com/?p=394 Man can .vhd or Virtual Hard Drive files get big! At my day job we use a lot of Virtual Machines that run on Virtual PC. This is mainly my doing. The rest of the company mainly uses vmware, but I start with Virtual PC years ago at Business Integration Group and it just stuck.

Anyway this is the process I follow to shrink my virtual PCs.

  1. Disk Cleanup
  2. Delete Uninstall files – all those $ files in C:\windows
  3. Defrag – at least two times
  4. Run the precompactor tool from MS
  5. Close the virtual pc by properly shutting down
  6. Run the management console for virtual PC and edit a disk then choose to compact it

This has worked well for me. I usually get my images down a few gigs using this method. I do not mount the vhd in another virtual pc as a slave drive anymore either. Also I work with Windows 2003 Server the most at the moment, so I do not worry about hibernation files and the like.

Finally I usually 7zip to Ultra compress the vhd. This usually gets them below 8 gigs or so and I am all set.

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So I am back on track. I have an obligation to myself to post twice per week to the following places:

http://www.rvgadgets.net – anything rv, anything that is a gadget.
http://www.kidsiphoneappreview.com – apps for kids we review them
http://huberblog.com – personal stuff including stuff about the websites.
http://slxtraining.net – for work
http://www.modifiedpowerwheels.com — mpw needs a new homepage for sure.
http://www.modifiedelectricscooters.com — needs a new homepage too.

So how long does a post take? About an hour each. This means about 8 hours of work per month. How much can a site like that make? a few hundred a month. I guess it CAN make more, but really it will probably pull in a few hundred a month. Is it worth it? Sure. Add it up. How much are you paid per hour? Look it is something that we like to do and it comes easy to us. It just takes time away from the family in front of a computer. If you think I do not have enough time in front of a computer you are mistaken ;)

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System.Data.SqlClient ;

//whatever.

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