> I wonder if there's a way to fix this problem. I have noticed that
> everytime I quit Virtual PC, 50-100 MB of space are added to the
> virtual machine. Since I use it often, this means in a couple of weeks
> the machine grows 4-5 Gigas, and continues expanding. Eventually, has
> became soo big that the only available solution is trashing the entire
> installation and reinstall a new one.
>
>
>
> Note that I only use VPC to install and convert to mac PC 3D models.
> Once I completed the conversion, these files are trashed, end the
> recycle bin is emptied. However, it doesn't matter how many files I
> trashed, the disc growth continues.
>
> There's a way to stop this constant and incontrollable growth?

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>> I wonder if there's a way to fix this problem. I have noticed that
>> everytime I quit Virtual PC, 50-100 MB of space are added to the
>> virtual machine. Since I use it often, this means in a couple of weeks
>> the machine grows 4-5 Gigas, and continues expanding. Eventually, has
>> became soo big that the only available solution is trashing the entire
>> installation and reinstall a new one.
>>
>>
>>
>> Note that I only use VPC to install and convert to mac PC 3D models.
>> Once I completed the conversion, these files are trashed, end the
>> recycle bin is emptied. However, it doesn't matter how many files I
>> trashed, the disc growth continues.
>>
>> There's a way to stop this constant and incontrollable growth?
>
> I frequently "clean up" after I update patches etc. I clean up Windows
> temporary files, then defragment the disk. There's a procedure in the
> VPC help for shrinking the variable disk space and you might try that.