HowTo: Reduce size of a virtual disk in Parallels Desktop
Parallels Desktop is great, but some tools are missing. Especially if you want to decrease the size of a virtual machine. This could be done because you are runing out of space, or because you want to put your OS on an USB key or a SD card, or whatever.
After having try multiple time Parallels solutions, I’ve used another very simple method to achieve that.
Requirements:
- The very usefull GParted tool (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/)
- A place where the size of the needed resized partition is free (Yes, I know, if you want to free space, it is not a good start…)