Ultimate Guide: Shrinking Google Compute Engine Disk with Windows Server [Step-by-Step Tutorial]

Welcome to our comprehensive tutorial on how to safely shrink your Google Compute Engine disk without losing Windows Server configurations, applications, or user data! 🚀

Google Cloud Platform doesn't natively support disk shrinking, but fear not! In this video, we'll walk you through a proven workaround that's easy to follow and highly effective.

Whether you're looking to optimize your cloud resources, reduce costs, or simply streamline your GCP environment, learning how to shrink your compute engine disk is a valuable skill. Follow along as we break down each step, providing clear instructions and helpful tips along the way.

By the end of this tutorial, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and confidence to successfully shrink your Google Compute Engine disk, empowering you to better manage your cloud infrastructure.

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Chapters:
0:00 Shrinking Google Compute Engine disk with Windows Server tutorial
2:10 Populating data to Windows Server VM
4:30 Creating a secondary Compute Engine disk with a smaller size for cloning
5:38 Attaching the secondary Compute Engine disk to the Windows Server VM
8:15 Creating a volume and formatting the secondary disk
8:55 Installing DiskGenius
10:12 Cloning Windows Server to the secondary disk using DiskGenius
16:00 Creating a Compute Engine image from the secondary disk
19:50 Changing Windows Server VM boot disk to the just-created image
22:50 Verifying Windows Server VM data

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