Best Way to full a harddisk -- Use Parallels DeskTop Compress Funktion

Hello
I recognised an idiot function in Parallels. Use Parallels Compresser.
I want to save some harddisk Space. My Parallels drive contains only 8 Gb out of 35Gb. So I want to reduced it. The free size of my Mac drive was 17Gb.
First I decide to use the defragmentation function of Windows XP. Result: My free size of my Mac drive was only 11Gb.
Then I decide to use the Parallels Compress Function. First it complains that it cann't run because it contains a snapshot. So I decide to delete the Snapshot with the SnapShot-Manager. Result: My free size of my Mac drive was only 9 Gb.
After all I am still not able to use the Compress Function, but I lost a total of 7Gb of my Harddisk
A great job done by Parallels Software International Inc.
Is their a way to solve this real problem?
Regards
Gérard

You should be talking to Parallels Software. These are user to user forums for Apple products.

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