Shrinking a Virtual Disk

While we're on the topic of VMware Converter (http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/) let me mention another great use for it.  Resizing virtual disks.  Especially shrinking them (you've got plenty of other options for growing them). 

To resize a Virtual Disk:

1. Login as an administrator on the machine whose Hard Disk you wish to resize
2. Install VMware Converter
3. Open VMware Converter and select Import Machine
4. Select "Physical Computer" as the host
5. Select "This Local Machine" for the Source Login
6. For Source Data, there is a column for "New Disk Space".  Select "<Type  Size in GB>" and type in your desired new disk size.
7. Under Destination Type, select the appropriate destination (if you're not sure, then that's a sign you most likely want to use VMware standalone virtual machine).
8. Complete the wizard with approrpiate login information or source locations and VMware will recreate your new system.
9. Once the new VM is created, power down your old server, power on the newly created one and you are off and running.