The full collection, targeted towards archivists and data hoarders. Size: 766GB download, 874GB when extracted There are a wide variety of guides on the internet for post-installation optimizations.If you downloaded Flashpoint 10.1 Ultimate shortly after launch, apply this patch to fix some major issues found post-release. There are definitely more optimizations that you can do afterwards, which is why I called this just an alternative solution. This should result in a much smaller image, and a much "lighter" operating system (which definitely lessens the RAM it uses) depending on the components you remove.Īgain though, this obviously does not apply for an installed & running version of Windows. If you have access to your installation media or the image file, you can use the WAIK using the DISM tool tool if you're an advanced user, or consider a simpler tool like RT Se7en Lite, to slim the operating system down (if you're interested, you could also slipstream Windows Updates/Service Packs, unattended applications, etc). For most virtual machine uses, you probably don't need every single component that Windows 7 comes with (e.g. While this does not directly answer the question, I post this here just as a reminder of an alternative solution. Will this amount decrease if I reduce the amount of "installed" memory in the VM? What steps can I take to reduce the system's memory footprint without incurring an increase in paging file usage? I'm also wondering if it's normal for Windows to use over 500 MB of "In Use" memory with no apps running. My uneducated guess is that this is being used to store indexes or some other data that helps to speed up the system but is not really necessary. One concern that I have is that Windows seems to be using 17% of its paging file even with over 900MB of memory marked "Standby" or "Free".
Changes to the hard drive contents, for example the paging file, result in larger snapshot sizes.Īnother recent post of mine seems to be related to this issue, but does not directly address issues with Windows. I would like it to run with minimal memory requirements, and with minimal changes to its virtual hard drive's contents. I'll be using the install primarily for testing web apps, and have no need for it to run quickly. I'm running Windows 7 in a VirtualBox Virtual Machine, and would like to make it run in a more streamlined fashion.
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