Hyper-V Virtual Disk operations Part 3 Shrink Part 1

Hyper-V Virtual Disk operations Part 3 Shrink Part 1. Part 1 of the last post about Hyper-V Manager Virtual Disk Operations – Shrink. There are no build-in functions to “Shrink” Disks, but it’s possible.

1. Run Hyper-V Manager and make sure your “Virtual Machine” (VM) with target “Virtual Disk” is in “Off” state. Close Hyper-V Manager;

2. Open “Disk Management” on the Hyper-V computer (local pc). Right Mouse Button click on “Start” button and select “Disk Management“;

3. After “Disk Management” console open, go to upper menu. Click “Action” and then “Attach VHD“;

4. Click “Browse” to select target “Virtual Disk” file;

5. After selecting click “OK” button;

6. We connected “Virtual Disk“;

7. Right Mouse Button click on the connected Disk and select “Shrink Volume“;

8. Enter size in MB (Megabytes) to shrink from Disk. Click “Shrink” button;

9. Perfect, shrinking is successful;

10. Right Mouse Button click on your “Virtual Disk” and select “Detach VHD“;

11. Click “OK” button and close “Disk Management” console;