I'll zip that web server in 420MB - Small Virtual Machine Backupshttp://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2006/09/11/i-ll-zip-that-web-server-in-420mb-small-virtual-machine-backups.aspxI've been meaning to try this for a while and finally got round to it at the weekend. Currently, on a monthly backup (or so - you know how things get in the way), I'll compact my Virtual Machine images running on my home domain, zip them up and burn themen-GBCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)VHD zip backups with VHDmount and 'Whitney' Defraghttp://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2006/09/11/i-ll-zip-that-web-server-in-420mb-small-virtual-machine-backups.aspx#455566Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:38:11 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:455566Dugie's PensieveMicrosoft blogger John Howard got me thinking with his post &amp;quot;Small Virtual Machine Backups&amp;quot;. In his post,...Automating VM Compacting and Archivinghttp://blogs.technet.com/jhoward/archive/2006/09/11/i-ll-zip-that-web-server-in-420mb-small-virtual-machine-backups.aspx#475870Mon, 23 Oct 2006 04:35:30 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:475870John Howard<p>I apologise in advance - this is probably the *WORST* bit of scripting I have ever written. However,</p>