How to Shrink and Create a Partition with Disk Management in Vista
Disk Management - Shrink Partition
- 28 Sep 2007 #151
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Last edited by Brink; 28 Apr 2009 at 02:42 PM.
23 Feb 2010 #150
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My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
You're welcome.
20 Jun 2010 #152My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
hi brink, so does this guide basically cut the c:\ in half so i get 2 of equal sizes and one that has everything i have installed and stuff, and one that is empty (the new one)?
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My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
Hello Poolwizard,
If you shrink the drive in half first and create a new partition with the unallocated space, then yes.
17 Aug 2010 #154My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
hi,
im thinking of doing this, but when i right click my c:/ and click shrink volume, after it has finished querying shrink space, the maximum MB is only 60, when my c:/ is 584 GB, is there something wrong?
the status of c:/ is healthy
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My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
The free space may be allocated. Try again with the free program Partition Wizard Home edition to see if it may allow you to use more space for the partition.
17 Aug 2010 #156My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
Originally Posted by Brink 
ok i'll try it, post results later
ok , i downloaded it, so do i just right click c:/ and click move/resize?
*** edit 2***
great, it works! thanks
Last edited by poolwizard; 18 Aug 2010 at 07:46 PM.
01 Aug 2012 #157My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
I've tried this disk management but it's odd i cant combine the free space which is released from drive d: and the system partition c: together...
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My System SpecsRe: Disk Management - Shrink Partition
Hello Esther, and welcome to Vista Forums.
Could you post a screenshot of your Disk Management window showing the full layout of your HDDs? This will help us determine what the issue may be.
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