![]() This may take 10-20 minutes to make the required changes, and it’ll update you once it’s finished. This will eek out another few GB in savings, even when some system files are already in the compact state.ī) Optional – verify the current state by running: Compact.exe /CompactOS:queryĬ) Enable compact mode by running: Compact.exe /CompactOS:always Use compact.exe to slim down your system files. Tune these down to save several more GBs.Ī) Click start, search for “System” and open itī) Open “Advanced system settings” from the left hand pane Getting to Pagefile settingsĬhange this value to an appropriate amount, save and restart the system. ![]() Use the native save or suspend functionality in the hypervisor rather than the Windows functionality, and save on the chunky hiberfil file.Ī) Open a command prompt (run as Administrator)ī) Run the following command: powercfg /h off Disable hibernation with this command 3 – Reduce pagefile size or disable it.īy default Windows can assign some pretty large pagefiles. There’s going to be a ton of Windows updates, temp files and other junk that keeps accumulating over time.Ī) Open explorer and open properties on the primary driveī) Click on “Disk Clean-up” under the general tabĬ) Clean all files (don’t miss the “Clean up system files” section) Clean up system files to catch all Windows update files too (this was after running hence zero values estimated) 2 – Disable hibernate. This was tested on a Windows 10 VM managed by VirtualBox, the starting file size was over 40GB, as it had been used for various roles and grown over time. Disk files (like VDI and VMDK images) will grow over time if the VM was configured to expand the disk as needed – but they will never shrink on their own. If you’ve got a couple of VMs, then trimming them occasionally will help with storage management on the host. ![]()
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