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prl_disk_tool compact

Removes all empty blocks from the expanding virtual disk to reduce its size on the physical hard disk. The virtual disk must be formatted to NTFS, FAT16, FAT32, ext2, or ext3. You can also try to compact virtual disks with other filesystems using the --buildmap option.

Syntax

prl_disk_tool compact [ --buildmap ] --hdd <disk_path> [ --force ]

prl_disk_tool compact -i , --info --hdd <disk_path>

Options

Name

Description

--hdd <disk_path>

Full path to the virtual disk.

--buildmap

Compacts virtual disks with unsupported filesystems.

--force

Forces the compacting operation for suspended virtual disks.

-i, --info

Do not compact the virtual disk; just display the information about the size the disk will have after compacting.