
264 Parallels Desktop for Mac User Guide
Further Reducing the Disk
After you have used Compressor to process your virtual machine, you can reduce the virtual
machine's size even further for storage purposes.
If you are going to share the virtual machine hard disk files (that is to copy to another computer
or to transfer them over the network), then the smaller its disks are, the better. Once Compressor
has completed its work, turn off the virtual machine. Running the virtual machine after
compression has been completed will increase the size of its system disk file (the system page
file increases as the virtual machine is running). As the virtual hard disk is just a file on your
computer, you can archive it with WinZip or WinRAR, whatever you prefer. The size can be
reduced by 50% or more and can fit on a CD or a DVD.
When you decide to continue working with the virtual machine, extract its files from the
archive.
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