User Guide

Using Virtual Disk Wizard
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Dynamically expanding disk images
Expand the disk image —increase the maximum (fully expanded)
size of the disk image. The same limit exists as for fixed-size disk
expansion.
Convert to a fixed-size disk image —convert the dynamically
expanding disk image to a fixed-size disk image.
Compact the disk image —attempt to “shrink” the dynamically
expanding disk image by removing portions that have been “zeroed”
with a disk utility program.
NOTE
When you delete files from a disk image, the data associated
with these files is usually not removed. You must run a disk utility
program to “zero” the deleted data before using the option Compact the
disk image .
Differencing disk images
Merge the differencing drive with its parent —write data from the
differencing disk image back into its parent image. This requires that
the parent disk image is writable.
Merge the differencing drive and its parent to a new file —combine
data from the differencing disk image and its parent image into a
new, dynamically expanding hard or fixed-size disk image.
Disk images linked to a host volume
Convert the host volume to a fixed-sized drive image —write the
volume contents to a newly created, fixed-size disk image. Note that
you cannot create the new disk image on the associated host volume.
Convert the host volume to a dynamic drive image —write the vol-
ume contents to a newly created, dynamically expanding disk image.
Note that you cannot create the new disk image on the associated
host volume.