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It looks like when I set-up Vmware I chose the split the Virtual Disk option. Well now I have over 30GB of vmdk files. I do not want to loose my data that I have in the VM, so I do not want to re-install.

Is there a way of combining all the vmdk files into one, and set the VM to moving forward only use one vmdk file?

Hennes
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    https://vmexpo.wordpress.com/2014/04/15/how-to-merge-multiple-vmdks-into-single-vmdk/comment-page-1/ – misha256 Jun 21 '16 at 23:05
  • Note that even if you merge all of your .vmdk files into a single one, that single .vmdk file will still take up over 30 GB. Additionally, merging them all into a single file will make it [harder to shrink the .vmdk files later](http://superuser.com/a/977430/210417). – jamesdlin Jun 22 '16 at 23:45
  • @jamesdlin - do I have an option then to reduce the amount of disk space that the VM is taking up? – user2676140 Jun 23 '16 at 12:40
  • Yes, it's calling shrinking. Go to VM > Settings > Hardware > Hard Disk > Compact. For a Windows guest, there's also VM > Manage > Clean up Disks which is more efficient (but which is specific to NTFS guest file systems). – jamesdlin Jun 23 '16 at 16:54

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