Solved samsung boots to recovery after shrinking

enus234

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i have a windows 8.1 Samsung laptop model: NP300E5C-A08SA
when I wanted to shrink my C harddisk from disk management it says only 1.9 GB allowed
I used MiniTool Partition Wizard and it shrinked the C harddisk successfully

but the problem is : when I restart or shutdown and start it again

it boots into recovery and when I Click X button I click restart now and it boots to windows 8.1 normally
this happens to me everytime
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
Did you defrag the partition before shrinking? My inclination would be to undo the partition operation using Partition Wizard. Defrag if everything seems back to normal, then try the shrink again. Something may have gotten pinched. :)

But another poster may have a better idea.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
i didn't defrag the C drive but I managed to create 40 GB from partition wizard ( I already shrinked it )
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
I know. But it doesn't boot normally, right?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
What is on the 40GB of space?
Have you allowed it to go through "Recovery"??
Shrinking should not of caused a Recovery Error, but what does concern me is windows only would allow 1.9GB, but you shrunk it by 40GB..

Seems to me you did not allow for Page File, hibernation File, Swap File and allow for enough drive partition free space for windows..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
its boots normally but I want to know how to prevent my laptop from booting from recovery ( I don't want to delete the SAMSUNG RECOVERY partition ) let me tell you what happened :
when I restarted my laptop to complete the operation for shrinking with partition wizard it got stuck on Samsung logo
then I forced my laptop to shut down and powered it up again and I have booted to recovery to check if there is a corrupted file to let the recovery replace it ( but it didn't ask ) so I restarted the laptop and then the operation continued all the way to complete the shrink operation ( to create a 40GB drive ) and when it finished it restarted and then booted directly to recovery and I restarted it so it booted all the way to windows
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
by the way harddisk size is
before: 271GB
AFTER:231
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
this is going to take a little investigative work..

from a command prompt(admin) and (this is how I always do commands) - type one line at a time.
Diskpart
list disk
list volume
select disk 0
list partition

post a pic of cmd window
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
here is a pic
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
Just for future reference it's pretty much standard operating procedure to do a defrag on the partition you intend to shrink, as preparation. That tends to move any files that may be hanging around the back of the partition to the front. It saves a lot of side effects. It doesn't have to be a thorough defrag. Just a quickie with a program like Auslogics, Puran or similar, is fine.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
okay then I have a question . . . . can I dual boot?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
Are you saying that it is trying to boot into Samsung recovery?

I also see that your system came with windows 8 and was updated to windows 8.1

okay then I have a question . . . . can I dual boot?
yes you can dual boot
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
no its booting directly to recovery without pressing anything

it seems the bios\partition has got a bug on it and it can be a part of booting windows
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
I'm guessing there's some error detection when the system jumps to the boot code and doesn't find some signature. That's why I'm suggesting undoing whatever partition operation you did. I don't know if it will go back the way it was but the closer to the event that changed it for the worse the better the chance of undoing it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.0 x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba Satelite C55D-A Laptop
    CPU
    AMD EI 1200
    Memory
    4 gb DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Raedon 340 MB dedicated Ram
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Built in
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    640 GB (spinner) Sata II
    Keyboard
    Built in
    Mouse
    Touch pad
thank you guys for helping me out now my laptop magically returned to the normal status
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 with windows 7
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    samsung
    CPU
    Intel Pentium B970 @ 2.30GHz
    Motherboard
    SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. NP300E5C-A08SA (CPU Socket - U3E1)
    Memory
    2.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Generic PnP Monitor (1366x768@60Hz)
    Sound Card
    Realtek High Definition Audio
    Browser
    internet explorer
    Antivirus
    windows defender
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