Xen. The Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture Emulator. Main Page. Karesansui | Get Karesansui. How-To Shrink A VMWare Virtual Disk Image. Have you ever come across a situation where you needed to reduce the size of your VMWare Virtual Disk Image? I found various links via Google on how to expand the Virtual Disk Image size, but none on how to reduce its size. Well, I will show you how to shrink your VMWare Virtual Disk Image below using VMWare's FREE VMWare Converter software.
NOTE: this process can also be done using Norton Ghost, but because I don't have it, I will only being showing how to do this using VMWare Converter. As with any type of operation in which you stand to lose your data, make sure you have a good backup first. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. That's all there is to shrinking a VMWare Virtual Disk Image to a new size.