I've used Diskpart.exe to reduce my virtual pc size from 234GB to 108GB.
Virtual PC Name = QAServer
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Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7600
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: Yumar-NB
DISKPART> select vdisk file=f:\virtualpc\qaserver\qaserver.vhd
DiskPart successfully selected the virtual disk file.
DISKPART> attach vdisk
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 234 GB Healthy
DISKPART> select volume 6
Volume 6 is the selected volume.
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
* Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 234 GB Healthy
DISKPART> shrink querymax
The maximum number of reclaimable bytes is: 195 GB (200196 MB)
DISKPART> shrink desired=130000
DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by: 126 GB
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
* Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 108 GB Healthy
DISKPART> detach vdisk
DiskPart successfully detached the virtual disk file.
DISKPART> exit
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Once, the volume is reduced, I used VHDResizer to reduce VHD to below 127GB.
Viola! The vhd file is ready for use.
Virtual PC Name = QAServer
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Microsoft DiskPart version 6.1.7600
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: Yumar-NB
DISKPART> select vdisk file=f:\virtualpc\qaserver\qaserver.vhd
DiskPart successfully selected the virtual disk file.
DISKPART> attach vdisk
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 234 GB Healthy
DISKPART> select volume 6
Volume 6 is the selected volume.
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
* Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 234 GB Healthy
DISKPART> shrink querymax
The maximum number of reclaimable bytes is: 195 GB (200196 MB)
DISKPART> shrink desired=130000
DiskPart successfully shrunk the volume by: 126 GB
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 E DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 System Rese NTFS Partition 100 MB Healthy System
Volume 2 C System NTFS Partition 137 GB Healthy Boot
Volume 3 D Data1 NTFS Partition 102 GB Healthy
Volume 4 G Data2 NTFS Partition 36 GB Healthy
Volume 5 F CathY NTFS Partition 465 GB Healthy
* Volume 6 H QAServer NTFS Partition 108 GB Healthy
DISKPART> detach vdisk
DiskPart successfully detached the virtual disk file.
DISKPART> exit
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Once, the volume is reduced, I used VHDResizer to reduce VHD to below 127GB.
Viola! The vhd file is ready for use.
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