A faster way to create duplicate virtual PC images?

Question

I use Virtual PC to create new environments for testing my installer. But I have to do something wrong, because the VPC image with Vista or XP inside takes about 15 GB of disk space (including the VS2005 / S2008 installed in them).

To create a new copy for testing, I copy and paste the folder with the .vhd, .vmc and .vsv files inside. After using the new VPC image for testing, I delete this copied folder. This works, but it takes time to copy 15 GB each time. Is there a faster / more efficient approach?

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