Shrink a partition

azninvzn · 08-06-2009, 01:15 PM

Im trying to shrink a partition on vista so I can dual boot windows 7. I have a Western Digital 1 TB hard drive with 456gb free. Before it was only letting me shrink it about 1.3 gigs so I ran perfectdisk and now it says I can shrink it 456gb. I want to shrink it about 40gb but when I try that it says there is not enough space on the disk to complete the operation. I also tried shrinking it 2gb just to see if it would work and it says access is denied.

azninvzn · 08-06-2009, 01:49 PM

I also forgot to say that currently I only have 1 partition

**tosh9i** · 08-06-2009, 01:57 PM

Try this:

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

azninvzn · 08-06-2009, 02:06 PM

I have a 64bit system and it dosent support that and the pro version which has 64bit cost money. do you know of any other program

joeten · 08-06-2009, 04:51 PM

hi maybe this will help http://www.vistax64.com/vista-perfor...partition.html
or this http://www.hddoctor.net/freeware-partition-manager/

azninvzn · 08-06-2009, 05:51 PM

I restarted my computer and it worked but thanks for the help

joeten · 08-06-2009, 05:57 PM

hey glad your sorted

08-06-2009, 01:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
azninvzn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15 OS: Vista SP1	Shrink a partition Im trying to shrink a partition on vista so I can dual boot windows 7. I have a Western Digital 1 TB hard drive with 456gb free. Before it was only letting me shrink it about 1.3 gigs so I ran perfectdisk and now it says I can shrink it 456gb. I want to shrink it about 40gb but when I try that it says there is not enough space on the disk to complete the operation. I also tried shrinking it 2gb just to see if it would work and it says access is denied.

08-06-2009, 01:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
azninvzn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Shrink a partition I also forgot to say that currently I only have 1 partition

08-06-2009, 01:57 PM	#3 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,836 OS: Windows XP	Re: Shrink a partition Try this: http://www.partition-tool.com/ __________________ Tosh

08-06-2009, 02:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
azninvzn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Shrink a partition I have a 64bit system and it dosent support that and the pro version which has 64bit cost money. do you know of any other program

08-06-2009, 04:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,194 OS: vista	Re: Shrink a partition hi maybe this will help http://www.vistax64.com/vista-perfor...partition.html or this http://www.hddoctor.net/freeware-partition-manager/ __________________

08-06-2009, 05:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
azninvzn Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 15 OS: Vista SP1	Re: Shrink a partition I restarted my computer and it worked but thanks for the help

08-06-2009, 05:57 PM	#7 (permalink)
joeten Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 3,194 OS: vista	Re: Shrink a partition hey glad your sorted __________________