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" <paul_townsend@xxxxxx> 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?

Third multi-post. Answered in first, crossposting explained in
second...

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)
Mike Torello n/a posts	Re: Disk Management - Shrink volume "Paul" <paul_townsend@xxxxxx> 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? Third multi-post. Answered in first, crossposting explained in second...
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