Why can't I reduce the file size of virtual disk?

Workstation help 8.0.4, why is the file size of virtual disk for my more bigger than the amount of space used within the instance instance?

The instance (Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit) HARD drive is 40 GB... He is currently using 28.6 GB of this space.

But the hard for instance file is 34.5 GB size - it is more than 20% larger.

I defragmented the drive on the instance.

I defragmented and compacted file hard (via the 'vmware-vdiskmanager' command line utility)

I defragmented the host drive.

Any not really - I'm just curious as to why I can't get it down to a smaller size (mainly to speed up backups)

Narrowing of a virtual disk is done in two steps. Unused disk space must first be cancelled in the comments, what OS, then blocks not null the hard are copied to a new file hard. With VMware Workstation 8, you can start this process in the VMware Tools window (right-click the icon in the system tray)

André

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