I would first defrag the disk to move the data to the beginning of the partition. Then resize the volume/partition. The you can resize the vhd to reclaim the free space you created with resize vhd.
René On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Crawford, Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm not 100% sure, but I believe this will not shrink partition size. > So, yes you'll need to shrink the volume first. > > Sent from my Windows Phone > ------------------------------ > From: J- P <[email protected]> > Sent: 3/13/2014 3:26 PM > > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > > I got that, i meant in the guest OS itself , i dont need to do a shrink > volume or anything like that? > > > Jean-Paul Natola > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:37:49 +0000 > > "*Resize-VHD* is an offline operation; the virtual hard disk must not be > attached when the operation is initiated." > > > > > Webster > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of J- P <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > > thanks, > > this makes no mention of the volume, or drive (OS) in question, is there > anything I should be aware of since I am resizing the C drive? > > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 19:06:24 +0000 > > Resize-VHD > > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848535.aspx > > > > > Webster > > > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > on behalf of J- P <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:02 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [NTSysADM] RE: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > > Bump, > > any feedback on this? > > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: shrink/compact / resize/reclaim vhdx space > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 09:44:11 -0400 > > Hi all ' > on Hyperv 2012r2 , I initially created a one disk for the file server C: i > set it to 1tb, once I discovered deduplication needed to be on a NON os > vvolume I created a second disk E:, after moving my files from C to E , i > noticed the C vhdx didnt change size, > needless to say housing only the OS I do not need 1 tb of space. > Question I have is what is the PROPER SUPPORTED method to bring the C back > to say 200gb? > > thanks > > > JP >
