Vista - Disk Management - Shrink volume

01-21-2009

I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to
use the Shrink volume option in Disk Management to make the main partition
smaller. After I want to create an additional partition so I can dual boot.

The problem lies with Shrink Volume. Even though I have 60GB free it's only
offering me the chance to shrink by 14GB.I've turned off system restore and
hibernate. I've also used a number of defrag tools including Auslogic and
SysInternals.

Does anyone know how I can get Shrink volume to recognise the big chunk of
free space I have?

01-21-2009

"Paul" wrote:

Quote:

> I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to
> use the Shrink volume option in Disk Management to make the main partition
> smaller. After I want to create an additional partition so I can dual boot.
>
> The problem lies with Shrink Volume. Even though I have 60GB free it's only
> offering me the chance to shrink by 14GB.I've turned off system restore and
> hibernate. I've also used a number of defrag tools including Auslogic and
> SysInternals.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get Shrink volume to recognise the big chunk of
> free space I have?
>
>

Read this Tutorial, and related topics in this link
Disk Management - Delete and Extend
BTW, this NG is for retards and morons who discuss unrelated topics and
mainly for vista worshippers who think that they are doing a great service
and very proud of their achievements.

01-21-2009	#1 (permalink)
Paul n/a posts	Disk Management - Shrink volume I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to use the Shrink volume option in Disk Management to make the main partition smaller. After I want to create an additional partition so I can dual boot. The problem lies with Shrink Volume. Even though I have 60GB free it's only offering me the chance to shrink by 14GB.I've turned off system restore and hibernate. I've also used a number of defrag tools including Auslogic and SysInternals. Does anyone know how I can get Shrink volume to recognise the big chunk of free space I have?
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01-21-2009	#2 (permalink)
brummyfan n/a posts	RE: Disk Management - Shrink volume "Paul" wrote: Quote: > I have a laptop with a 90GB hard disk. There is 60GB free and I'm trying to > use the Shrink volume option in Disk Management to make the main partition > smaller. After I want to create an additional partition so I can dual boot. > > The problem lies with Shrink Volume. Even though I have 60GB free it's only > offering me the chance to shrink by 14GB.I've turned off system restore and > hibernate. I've also used a number of defrag tools including Auslogic and > SysInternals. > > Does anyone know how I can get Shrink volume to recognise the big chunk of > free space I have? > > Read this Tutorial, and related topics in this link Disk Management - Delete and Extend BTW, this NG is for retards and morons who discuss unrelated topics and mainly for vista worshippers who think that they are doing a great service and very proud of their achievements.
My System Specs

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