http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspxSomeone had posted a comment on my blog asking how I get my VPC images down to a reasonable size, so I figured I'd share it here. It's not the most fun process, but it does manage to get a VPC image down from about 5+ gigs, to about 1.5 or so. To start,en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspx#2036491Fri, 06 Apr 2007 03:59:44 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2036491Dugie's Pensieve<p>Here is a list of assorted links I thought were interesting. I've been distracted and haven't blogged</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspx#2038512Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:58:41 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2038512vLabz<p>You might also use a &quot;contig.exe&quot;-like utility(<a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Contig.html">http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Contig.html</a>)</p> <p> to defrag what the windows defragmenter can't defrag. </p>http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspx#2401317Fri, 04 May 2007 02:12:30 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:2401317Tony<p>Will this work on vs2005r2 vm's?</p>http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspx#3053952Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:20:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:3053952Christopher Steen<p>MIX08 Announced! [Via: gduthie ] Software Compensation 2007--Is it 1999 All Over Again? [Via: Steve...</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/petel/archive/2007/04/05/compacting-xp-vpc-images.aspx#4403555Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:07:25 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:4403555Tiernans Comms Closet<p>Just some random links you may be interested in. Windows Live Writer tip: Automatic Server Pinging A</p>