Windows will inform you the maximum amount it can shrink the disk by. When you split a virtual disk greater than 950 GB, two virtual disk files are created. It seems that ext4 is not re-using previously used blocks when asked for an unused block, often preferring to give out never-before-used blocks. Once it is done and you are satisfied that the volume on the disk is the size you want. Wiping takes place in the guest operating system.

The result is more disk space is used and takes longer to export the disk. To my surprise, the shrink option in VMware Player finished very quickly, stating that the disk had been successfully shrunk – but on inspection, it actually still took up exactly the. Vmware reduce maximum disk size Step 1: Open VMware Workstation application and open a virtual machine (Shortcut: Ctrl + O ).