VMware® Workstation 12 Player on Windows 7 Version 12.1.1 build-3770994 As a guest - Red Hat 4.4.7-3. The other day, by mistake in mysql executed the create table ad select query with a crooked condition that caused 4 gigabytes of space on the disk. The plate in the end was not created. If you turn off the VMWare player - 4 gig are returned to the system. After turning on, they are eaten back. How to make the guest return the place? The guest is old and very valuable - you need to debug some things on it ...

  • and snapshots or completely backups machines did not do ?? - Alex.B
  • They did not, this version of the player either does not have such an option, or I do not know where it is. - user2265417
  • There when you choose a machine, on the panel at the top there is an icon with a watch there and there are controls for snapshots. - Alex.B
  • Well, try changing the type of disk. - Alex.B

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No, because you chose a dynamically expanding HDD during creation. Try to see if there is a Snapshot (Recovery Points)

  • I did not create the machine, but downloaded from cloudera. Can another player try? - user2265417
  • I suggest you install a full-featured Vmware Pro (Latest) and learn how to use SnapShot. Just in the basic version there are more add-ons, for example, like changing the size of the disk. - avparfiriev