You can create dynamic VHD files that will gradually grow towards a maximum size. Do they shrink as well? And if they don't, can you make it shrink back down to whatever size it actually needs to be at the moment?
Can dynamic VHD files shrink or do they just grow
vhdvirtualizationwindows 7
Best Answer
No they do not shrink by themselves, but you can shrink them manually.
Remember to run the pre-compactor tool before shrinking it.
In Hyper-V you shrink it from the disk settings dialog. If you're not running a virtualization suite I'm not sure how you are suppose to do it though - but there's a tool called VHD Resizer that might help.