VMware fusion seems to be consumed all my free space. What can I do?

Hello

I need help. I am a medium Mac user and I bought the merger to run a top-of-the-line genealogy program offered only in windows. Today, VMware Fusion, via the virtual machine, seems to have held all my free space on my hard drive. When I installed it first I got about 15 GB of free and without adding much to the training, it is now at 500 MB. Whenever I turned on the computer, there was less space, even when I did not open the merger. I can open is no longer the virtual machine. The virtual machine is showing only 21.4 GB (Windows XP pro.) in a static file.  I can barely run any programs.  I want to remove the virtual machine from the reader (and perhaps put it on my external hardrive to 500 GB), but I have some files in Windows XP, I don't want to lose.

So my questions are:

1. is 21.4 GB one unusually large virtual machine if I don't have MS Office, a fairly small, entirely of genes, called genealogy program and Symantec Antivirus installed and very few records? And if so, how can I limit the size of the virtual machine?

2. I have here a simple way to access data files on the virtual machine without opening it? Or otherwise, is - it safe to simply copy all the virtual machine on my external hard drive, then remove it from my laptop?

3. is there a chance that the free Symantec antivirus program does that?  Do I need to have an antivirus for my Mac and virtual machine program?

Thanks for any help!

1. is 21.4 GB one unusually large virtual machine if I don't have MS Office, a fairly small, entirely of genes, called genealogy program and Symantec Antivirus installed and very few files?...

My XP and Vista virtual machines are 15 + GB, so I don't see your virtual machine as too large.  I have MSOffice2007 and some other applications installed.

... And if so, how can I limit the size of the virtual machine?

If you have specified a sparse type disk, (i.e.: you check the box that says "pre-allocate space now) then the virtual drive will grow to any size you specified, or until what you run out of physical disk space.

2. I have here a simple way to access data files on the virtual machine without opening it?

Fusion includes VMDKMounter.  If you open the packaging of the virtual machine (i.e.: right click and select Show content), if you click right on the. A VMDK file, you should see VMDKMounter as a selection in the frame to open it with.

... Or otherwise, is - it safe to simply copy all the virtual machine on my external hard drive, then remove it from my laptop?

Yes, just copy the entire virtual machine folder / package on the external hard drive, as you have mentioned.  You will not lose files of Windows you'll be copying all of the virtual machine on the external hard drive.  (Equivalent to a physical machine and moving upstairs office.)  The content of the hard disk of the computer are not affected when the physical location of the computer changes.)

Once you have copied the VM, add the copy to the library Virtual Machine in Fusion.  After you have verified that the copy starts normally, you can then delete the original virtual machine.  When you delete the virtual machine in the Virtual Machine library, I recommend "Keep files", and then manually delete the virtual machine through Finder.  In this way, you delete accidentally copy you just made.

3. is there a chance that the free Symantec antivirus program does that?  Do I need to have an antivirus for my Mac and virtual machine program?

As I mentioned above, it looks like you have created a sparse disk.  This is sometimes referred to as a "stretch" disc  In other words, the disc begins to "zero-byte" and increases as you add more data to the virtual disk, with a maximum of what you specify when creating the disc, or when you run out of physical disk space.  See below for more information:

The Beginner Guide to VMware Fusion (1/4 downstairs, settings of the Virtual Machine, Type of disc.)

Frequently asked Questions about VMware Fusion (3/4 down disk space.)

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