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Compacting Virtual HD of WSL (VHDX)
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compacting-vhdx
# Without Hyper-V Enabled
# Powershell (As Administrator)
wsl --shutdown
diskpart
# Diskpart Compacting Operations
select vdisk file="E:\LABS\DockerWSL\docker-desktop-data\ext4.vhdx"
attach vdisk readonly
compact vdisk
detach vdisk
exit
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compacting-vhdx-hyperv
# With Hyper-V Enabled
# Powershell (As Administrator)
Optimize-VHD -Path "E:\LABS\DockerWSL\docker-desktop-data\ext4.vhdx" -Mode Full
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