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Compressing the Disk In the Express Mode

In the Express mode, Parallels Compressor reduces the size of the virtual machine's boot volume by defragmenting and compacting it. In this mode the hard disk size is usually reduced less than in the Advanced mode.

Compressing in the Express mode takes less time and requires minimal effort from the user.

To start Parallels Compressor in the Express mode:

  1. Start the virtual machine.
  2. Choose Run Parallels Compressor from the Virtual Machine menu. This will launch Parallels Compressor in the virtual machine.
  3. In the virtual machine, you will see the Parallels Compressor window that displays a time indicator. When the time is out, Parallels Compressor will automatically compress the virtual machine in the Express mode.

    Note: If you click the Manual mode button, select the Express option in the Parallels Compressor wizard, and click Compress.

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  4. You can view the progress in executing the tasks in the Execution in progress window.
  5. In the Preparing to restart window, click Restart to restart your virtual machine.
  6. After the restart, the Parallels Compressor window displays a time indicator that shows the time remaining until Compressor will continue to execute the tasks.

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    Note: If you click the Manual mode button before the timeout expires, you can postpone the execution of the remaining tasks.

  7. You can view the progress in executing the tasks in the Execution in progress window.
  8. When the process of compressing the virtual hard disk is complete, click Finish to close the wizard.

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