> I have been using VPC for over a year. I have the VMC's on a 100 GB USB
> drive. Am using XP PRO on all (including Host). The main Drive settings on
> each VMC is pointing to the .VHD file - the size of each is 4,194,304KB. The
> .VO1 file is identical in size, the .V02 files vary in size from 555 meg to
> 3,66 meg and the .VSV's are smaller, but also vary in size.
> 1. I don't know if the .V01 is required nor what is the pupose of the .V02
> file.
> 2. I wnat to keep all functionality, but to get rid of and/or safely get rid
> of all that I don't need to free up disk space.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> --
> Gus Evans

> It sounds like your USB drive is formatted FAT32, so that maximum file size
> is 4GB, the .V01 and .V02 (and V03 ...) are just extensions of your VHD file
> due to the maximum file size allowed by FAT32. You need to keep all of
> them...
>
> the .vsv's are from saved state sessions. (you closed a VPC session saving
> the state, rather than shutting down the OS.) These would go away if you
> just restored the session and then did a normal OS shutdown and the close
> without saving state.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
> "GusEvans" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >I have been using VPC for over a year. I have the VMC's on a 100 GB USB
> > drive. Am using XP PRO on all (including Host). The main Drive settings
> > on
> > each VMC is pointing to the .VHD file - the size of each is 4,194,304KB.
> > The
> > .VO1 file is identical in size, the .V02 files vary in size from 555 meg
> > to
> > 3,66 meg and the .VSV's are smaller, but also vary in size.
> > 1. I don't know if the .V01 is required nor what is the pupose of the .V02
> > file.
> > 2. I wnat to keep all functionality, but to get rid of and/or safely get
> > rid
> > of all that I don't need to free up disk space.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> > --
> > Gus Evans
>
>
>

>I have been using VPC for over a year. I have the VMC's on a 100 GB USB
> drive. Am using XP PRO on all (including Host). The main Drive settings
> on
> each VMC is pointing to the .VHD file - the size of each is 4,194,304KB.
> The
> .VO1 file is identical in size, the .V02 files vary in size from 555 meg
> to
> 3,66 meg and the .VSV's are smaller, but also vary in size.
> 1. I don't know if the .V01 is required nor what is the pupose of the .V02
> file.
> 2. I wnat to keep all functionality, but to get rid of and/or safely get
> rid
> of all that I don't need to free up disk space.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> --
> Gus Evans

> Does your answer mean that the effective total VHD is 8.5 to 12 GBs?
> And there is nothing to do to save Space on these VMC's?
> My USB Drive is formatted NTFS - I'm not sure it always was.
> Does your answer mean that the effective total VHD is 8.5 to 12 GBs?
> And there is nothing to do to save Space on these VMC's?
> TIA
> --
> Gus Evans
>
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>> It sounds like your USB drive is formatted FAT32, so that maximum file
>> size
>> is 4GB, the .V01 and .V02 (and V03 ...) are just extensions of your VHD
>> file
>> due to the maximum file size allowed by FAT32. You need to keep all of
>> them...
>>
>> the .vsv's are from saved state sessions. (you closed a VPC session
>> saving
>> the state, rather than shutting down the OS.) These would go away if you
>> just restored the session and then did a normal OS shutdown and the close
>> without saving state.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>>
>>
>>
>> "GusEvans" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> >I have been using VPC for over a year. I have the VMC's on a 100 GB USB
>> > drive. Am using XP PRO on all (including Host). The main Drive
>> > settings
>> > on
>> > each VMC is pointing to the .VHD file - the size of each is
>> > 4,194,304KB.
>> > The
>> > .VO1 file is identical in size, the .V02 files vary in size from 555
>> > meg
>> > to
>> > 3,66 meg and the .VSV's are smaller, but also vary in size.
>> > 1. I don't know if the .V01 is required nor what is the pupose of the
>> > .V02
>> > file.
>> > 2. I wnat to keep all functionality, but to get rid of and/or safely
>> > get
>> > rid
>> > of all that I don't need to free up disk space.
>> >
>> > Any help would be appreciated.
>> > --
>> > Gus Evans
>>
>>
>>