Why VMware is using sooo much space???

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I have a win XP VM in Leopard that is set to a max of 20gb. It was set to grow as needed. It is now taking up almost 30gb. I tried to shrink it, but it can't because it thinks there is a snapshot. I have never created a snapshot and the option to delete it is grayed out. Any suggestions on how to get this space back?

Thanks!
Joe
 
Shrink a disk is inside the guest, XP: open VMware Tools by double-clicking on the taskbar icon, go to the Shrink tab, select the partition to shrink, and press Shrink.

This shrinks it.
 
I tried that... I get the following window. None of the conditions it states are true.

Joe
 

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Did you create this virtual machine with Fusion, or was it done with Converter, Workstation etc? :-/
 
Hm.
Upgrade Fusion to 1.1.1 (72241), and then upgrade VMware Tools after. I've seen similar when the Tools were out of date (and some earlier betas had that glitch).
 
OK... I am already running 1.1.1 (72241). I did the upgrade of the vmware tools, but still no joy!
 
In youruserfolder/Documents/Virtual Machines folder, select the VM, right click/control click "show package contents". Is there one or more vmdk files?

Was by any chance "allocate all space now" selected when creating this VM?
 
One more thing, in Fusion's menus, Virtual Machine > are the options Revert to Snapshot and Discard Snapshot both grayed out?
 
There are 2 vmdk files. Both very large. Windows XP Professional-000001.vmk and Windows XP Professional.vmdk. I tried deleting one or the other, but the VM would not run without both. I did not select the option to use all the disk up front. All of the snapshot related options are grayed out.

Joe
 
Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk looks like a snapshot.
Did you create this VM with Fusion in 10.4 or 10.5..?

Can you post the vmx file (as text, it is in the same location as the vmdk files)? There might be a clue for why the snapshot exists.
 
Here it is.

config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "6"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "384"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional-000001.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "cdrom0"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.fileType = "file"
floppy0.fileName = ""
floppy0.clientDevice = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
buslogic.noDriver = "FALSE"
displayName = "Windows XP Professional"
guestOS = "winxppro"
nvram = "Windows XP Professional.nvram"
deploymentPlatform = "windows"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "/Users/debiso"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "debiso On My Mac"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "0"
tools.upgrade.policy = "upgradeAtPowerCycle"
powerType.powerOff = "soft"
powerType.powerOn = "soft"
powerType.suspend = "soft"
powerType.reset = "soft"

ide1:0.startConnected = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
uuid.location = "56 4d 8d 34 14 30 d4 d0-9e bb c2 89 44 d6 04 72"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 89 2d 1b a5 8a 0f-6f 60 79 1e 86 f2 f4 a4"
sharedFolder.option = "onetimeEnabled"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:f2:f4:a4"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"

checkpoint.vmState = ""

chipset.useAcpiBattery = "TRUE"
chipset.useApmBattery = "TRUE"

unity.showTaskbar = "FALSE"
 
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