Subject:What Is This vmm File? Author:John Saunders Date:16 May 2007 06:42 PM
I'm pretty sure I didn't open a 256MB file to read. How big a file do I have to open before this happens, and how big a .vmm file will be opened therefore?
Subject:What Is This vmm File? Author:Minollo I. Date:16 May 2007 08:58 PM
.vmm files are allocated in "virtual" chunks of 256MB; keep in mind that the file doesn't "really" allocate 256MB of space on disk; it's a sparse file that *can* virtually grow up to 256MB, but the initial physical size is around 16MB; if you are curious about sparse files and Win32 support for them, take a look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa364596.aspx.