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bhwong7
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How to shrink an expanded vmdk that has not get expanded yet?

I accidently hit one more zero to my hard disk 2 (none bootable drive) and want to remove the zero again. However, the web client refused to let me reduce the vmdk file that I have not expanded yet in my OS, thus, should be safety reduce or amend back to the original size.

How can I reverse or reduce the capacity? Amend the vmdk file?

Update: Answer found here - Shrink a VMware Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) – virtualman

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vFouad
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There is a lot of danger in this process; if you perform this action support may not be able to help you as there is a significant chance of dataloss.

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