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        One more Virtual PC performance tip

Section(s): Miscellaneous
Published on Feb 28, 2006.
Last Modified on Feb 28, 2006.
Last Modified by Mitch Tulloch.
Rated 4 out of 5 based on 3 votes.

One more tip for improving performance of Virtual PC.

In an article titled Tuning Virtual PC Performance on WindowsNetworking.com, I described some tips for improving the performance of Virtual PC. Here's stilll another tip for you:

Start your virtual machine (VM).
Defragment the drive within the VM.
Select CD --> Capture ISO Image --> browse to C:/Program Files/Microsoft Virtual PC/Virtual Machine Additions/ --> select Virtual Disk Precompactor.iso --> OK --> Yes
Once pre-compacting is complete, select CD --> Release ISO Image, and then shut down your VM.
Finally, in the Virtual PC console, select File --> Virtual Disk Wizard --> Next --> Edit an existing virtual disk --> browse to your .vhd --> Next --> Compact it --> Replace the original file --> Next --> Finish --> go for coffee :-)

About Mitch Tulloch

Mitch Tulloch was lead author for the Windows Vista Resource Kit from Microsoft Press, which is the book for IT pros who want to deploy, maintain and support Windows Vista in mid- and large-sized network environments. Mitch was also the author of Introducing Windows Server 2008 and technical project lead for the Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Resource Kit, both books also from Microsoft Press. For more information on these and other books by Mitch, see www.mtit.com .