http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/ Beyond the Manual, with Mike Laverick (VCI, VCP, CCI, CCEA, MCT, MCSE) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-47464 How to Automate VM Shrink and Defrag with sdelete and contig | JessWatts.com Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:58:56 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40#comment-47464 [...] can also be used to securely delete files… don’t forget -c!!) *In fact, a note on this. RTFM-ed discusses how to rewrite the source for sdelete to eliminate the ability of the program to delete [...] [...] can also be used to securely delete files… don’t forget -c!!) *In fact, a note on this. RTFM-ed discusses how to rewrite the source for sdelete to eliminate the ability of the program to delete [...]

]]> http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-32005 Making a smaller virtual XP machine disk | Freelance Web Development Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:22:05 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40#comment-32005 [...] As you use your virtual machine, it will continue to grow in size. I have my virtual XP machine to maximum of 10GB. All I really need it for is testing sites in IE6 (ick) and connecting to a SQL Server (ew). After installing a few things, running all Windows Updates… my vanilla XP is using 8GB. Wha? All I have installed is WinAmp, Cisco VNC Client, and SQL Manager. Whats going on? “Well, when Windows deletes a file, it doesn’t actually delete the data in the disk; it just deletes the references/pointers in the file allocation table. So when ESX is exporting a VMDK and is looking at the raw disk, it’s seeing values that aren’t empty (non-zero), and exports them as such. The result is more disk space is used and takes longer to export the disk.” http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40 [...] [...] As you use your virtual machine, it will continue to grow in size. I have my virtual XP machine to maximum of 10GB. All I really need it for is testing sites in IE6 (ick) and connecting to a SQL Server (ew). After installing a few things, running all Windows Updates… my vanilla XP is using 8GB. Wha? All I have installed is WinAmp, Cisco VNC Client, and SQL Manager. Whats going on? “Well, when Windows deletes a file, it doesn’t actually delete the data in the disk; it just deletes the references/pointers in the file allocation table. So when ESX is exporting a VMDK and is looking at the raw disk, it’s seeing values that aren’t empty (non-zero), and exports them as such. The result is more disk space is used and takes longer to export the disk.” http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40 [...]

]]> http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-31267 How to Automate VM Shrink and Defrag with sdelete and contig - JessWatts.com - If Want() Then Do() Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:34:49 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40#comment-31267 [...] can also be used to securely delete files… don’t forget -c!!) *In fact, a note on this. RTFM-ed discusses how to rewrite the source for sdelete to eliminate the ability of the program to delete [...] [...] can also be used to securely delete files… don’t forget -c!!) *In fact, a note on this. RTFM-ed discusses how to rewrite the source for sdelete to eliminate the ability of the program to delete [...]

]]> http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-24036 bonq.net/flipp » Blog Archive » daily del.icio.us Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:20:14 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40#comment-24036 [...] RTFM Education » Blog Archive » Shrinking Virtual Disks and Automating Shrink with the Sdelete Tool [...] [...] RTFM Education » Blog Archive » Shrinking Virtual Disks and Automating Shrink with the Sdelete Tool [...]

]]> http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/2005/10/25/shrinking-virtual-disks-and-automating-shrink-with-the-sdelete-tool/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Offline VMware disk shrink? - h0bbel Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:09:58 +0000 http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?p=40#comment-183 [...] There is a perfectly logical explanation to that, as explained by rtfm-ed.co.uk Well, when Windows deletes a file, it doesn’t actually delete the data in the disk; it just deletes the references/pointers in the file allocation table. So when ESX is exporting a VMDK and is looking at the raw disk, it’s seeing values that aren’t empty (non-zero), and exports them as such. The result is more disk space is used and takes longer to export the disk. [...] [...] There is a perfectly logical explanation to that, as explained by rtfm-ed.co.uk Well, when Windows deletes a file, it doesn’t actually delete the data in the disk; it just deletes the references/pointers in the file allocation table. So when ESX is exporting a VMDK and is looking at the raw disk, it’s seeing values that aren’t empty (non-zero), and exports them as such. The result is more disk space is used and takes longer to export the disk. [...]

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