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=== Using the clean up option in the menu === | === Using the clean up option in the menu === | ||
When you use the "Clean Up Disks" option in the menu in VMware Workstation 14 then you do not require extra disk space for reclaiming space (see also: [https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-421A1073-BF16-4BC7-AA76-46B954CA438D.html Clean Up a Virtual Hard Disk on Windows Hosts] ) | When you use the "Clean Up Disks" option in the menu in VMware Workstation 14 then you do not require extra disk space for reclaiming space (see also: [https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Workstation-Pro/14.0/com.vmware.ws.using.doc/GUID-421A1073-BF16-4BC7-AA76-46B954CA438D.html Clean Up a Virtual Hard Disk on Windows Hosts] ) | ||
Currently this only works for Windows guests where the filesystem is NTFS. | |||
== Zero out unused space in a Linux VM == | == Zero out unused space in a Linux VM == | ||