Unable to Shrink C Drive

Smiller6620 · 07-09-2009, 05:58 PM

I am trying to set up a new partition on my harddrive and when using the Disk Management tool in Vista it tells me I have 188,540 MB available to shrink my drive with. I am only trying to shrink it by 50GB as to create a new partition. However whenever i attempt to shrink the drive by 50 GB it will not let me. I get an error message that tells me Im unable to shrink it. Does anyone have any clues as to what I can do to solve this problem. Ive been reading all over in forums and apparantly 3rd party programs generally fail also.

rockstat · 07-09-2009, 06:37 PM

Currently there is nothing you can do to shrink the drive in Vista to a desired partition in my knowledge. The most you can do is the amount shown. It is because of the system storing cache and pagefile and other temporary files.

Maybe someone else has figured out a way to do it. But as far as i know, you can't do it.

Note: I have been trying to do the same for quite some time as I wanted to dual boot Vista and Win 7 together.

Dinnerz · 07-24-2009, 11:32 AM

The Above is Correct. To freeup a little extra space, you can delete the cache and pagefile, but it's not always alot for some people

**tosh9i** · 07-24-2009, 12:57 PM

http://www.partition-tool.com/resour...-partition.htm

07-09-2009, 05:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
Smiller6620 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4 OS: Vista Home Premium Service Pack 2	Unable to Shrink C Drive I am trying to set up a new partition on my harddrive and when using the Disk Management tool in Vista it tells me I have 188,540 MB available to shrink my drive with. I am only trying to shrink it by 50GB as to create a new partition. However whenever i attempt to shrink the drive by 50 GB it will not let me. I get an error message that tells me Im unable to shrink it. Does anyone have any clues as to what I can do to solve this problem. Ive been reading all over in forums and apparantly 3rd party programs generally fail also.

07-09-2009, 06:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
rockstat Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Where ever I live Posts: 108 OS: XP_Pro-SP3/Vista_x64_SP2/Linux	Re: Unable to Shrink C Drive Currently there is nothing you can do to shrink the drive in Vista to a desired partition in my knowledge. The most you can do is the amount shown. It is because of the system storing cache and pagefile and other temporary files. Maybe someone else has figured out a way to do it. But as far as i know, you can't do it. Note: I have been trying to do the same for quite some time as I wanted to dual boot Vista and Win 7 together. __________________ _____________________________________________ Whatever problem you have...I didn't do it...It's not my fault Okay. But I'll help you..

07-24-2009, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dinnerz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: England Posts: 5 OS: Windows 7 Build 7600 [RTM]	Re: Unable to Shrink C Drive The Above is Correct. To freeup a little extra space, you can delete the cache and pagefile, but it's not always alot for some people

07-24-2009, 12:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,811 OS: Windows XP	Re: Unable to Shrink C Drive http://www.partition-tool.com/resour...-partition.htm __________________ Tosh