Did you look at the version of windows that I am using? Home Premium does
not include Volume Shadow Copy and I also menetioned that Hibernation is as
off as I can turn it. Thanks for trying.
~Andy
"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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> Turn off Volume Shadow Copy and Hibernate. Unless needed, I would
> turn off System Restore also. The built-in defrag cannot move MFT type
> data. I would download the trial version of Perfect Disk 8.0. Do both a
> Offline and GUI based defrag. Then retry Diskmgmt.Msc to shrink the
> volume. This type of operation is always risky, so I'd take a Image of
> the volume in it's current state - Things can and do go wrong as PCs have
> a wicked sense of humor.
>
> Perfect Disk 8.0 Trial version sign-up here:
> http://www.raxco.com/products/downlo...0_download.cfm
>
> "TheMadPoster" <TheMadPoster@DragonNote.net> wrote in message
> news:ef8KtUaVHHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>I did find that solution online in a forum somewhere so I tried it, with
>>no luck. I am at wits end with this thing.
>>
>> ~Andy
>>
>> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
>> news:94A15AC0-2C7D-4E89-BBD5-9DB32E4D1F09@microsoft.com...
>>> Did you defrag the drive before shrinking? There may be system files
>>> that are fixed in place on the disk - if they can't be moved, then that
>>> will limit the available shrink space.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jane, not plain 
64 bit enabled :-)
>>> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
>>> "TheMadPoster" <TheMadPoster@DragonNote.net> wrote in message
>>> news:%23BewuHXVHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have a 74 gig drive with 53gigs free. Vista Home Premium installed.
>>>>I was allowed to shrink to shrink the partition once, freeing up 1.4
>>>>gigs.. I want to dual boot to 64bit Vista so I need to free about 20gigs
>>>>to install 64bit. It keeps telling me that if snapshots (?) and Paging
>>>>files are stored on the drive that I am trying to partition it will
>>>>reduce the size that I am allowed to shrink. Well I have no idea what
>>>>snapshots are... System Restore is OFF, and my virtual memory is set to
>>>>1.53 gigs. My recycle bin is set to 500megs, and IE7's cache is set to
>>>>1meg.
>>>>
>>>> So...wtf? I have searched all over the net to find an answer. So here
>>>> I am... Anyone know how I can repartition my drive??
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>> ~Andy
>>>
>>
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