The latest articles on DEV Community by Viktor Starodubtsev (@maestroviktorin). https://dev.to/maestroviktorin https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1858677%2Fa5155e8a-19b8-478e-93f9-8117afe31ee1.png https://dev.to/maestroviktorin en Viktor Starodubtsev Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:56:34 +0000 https://dev.to/maestroviktorin/wslcompact-optimize-huge-virtual-hard-disk-without-diskparthyper-v-2neb https://dev.to/maestroviktorin/wslcompact-optimize-huge-virtual-hard-disk-without-diskparthyper-v-2neb <h2> Problem </h2> <p>When trying to optimize disk space the same way as described in <a href="https://dev.to/box_protection/optimize-huge-virtual-hard-disk-2ji">this</a> post, I discovered that neither of both solutions can be applied on Windows 11 Home Edition.</p> <h2> Solution </h2> <h3> <a href="https://github.com/okibcn/wslcompact" rel="noopener noreferrer"><code>wslcompact</code></a> </h3> <p>It turned out that <code>wslcompact</code> doesn't force you to work with <code>diskpart</code> nor <code>HyperV</code> and encounter problems of their <br> unavailability on Windows Home.</p> <p>You can find the up-to-date and verbose installation guide in the tool's <a href="https://github.com/okibcn/wslcompact/blob/main/README.md" rel="noopener noreferrer">README</a>.</p> <h2> Experience </h2> <p>Now, I would like to demonstrate how it works on my machine.</p> <p>How it was before</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fp7r7gygw9vashsgkebvl.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fp7r7gygw9vashsgkebvl.png" alt="before-1" width="800" height="191"></a></p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Flrjeu90s32dbt7bsxp64.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Flrjeu90s32dbt7bsxp64.png" alt="before-2" width="344" height="108"></a></p> <p>Now let's delete a huge directory on Ubuntu</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fw1gipp8jn3jxdzqwxha9.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fw1gipp8jn3jxdzqwxha9.png" alt="delete-huge-directory" width="551" height="72"></a></p> <p>And now the estimated weight of our distro is much less</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwyhfbgcdvg36g1jdvjwe.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fwyhfbgcdvg36g1jdvjwe.png" alt="estimated-size" width="800" height="125"></a></p> <p>Let's compact now!</p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fxs1e2kogapdvj8vneadi.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fxs1e2kogapdvj8vneadi.png" alt="after-1" width="800" height="313"></a></p> <p><a href="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F9us8w135b3jn6owim867.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F9us8w135b3jn6owim867.png" alt="after-2" width="344" height="121"></a></p> <p>As you can see, we claimed our unused disk space back with only couple of prompts.</p> windows docker linux