Not allowing shrink volume over 6GB, but have 94GB free

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Hi,

Technical specs: I have a Lenovo Yoga 2 with Windows 8.1. Intel Core i7 Processor, 8GB RAM, 256GB hard drive, and 64-bit OS.

I am in the Disk Management system attempting to shrink my C drive by about 20GB to allow room for an Ubuntu install. I want to be able to dual boot my system. The Disk Management says that I have 94.07GB free in my C drive (43% free), yet when I click to shrink the volume of C drive, it says that the "size of available shrink space in in MB" is 6359. This is not enough room for an Ubuntu install, much less for the program I want to run on it after.

If anyone can shed light on what is going on and a possible way around it, help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. diskvol.png
 

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Sounds like you need a bigger HD.
What does your Properties window look like ?

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Shrinking a volume can be a very complex process internally. If the space that is to be removed from a volume contains data it must be moved elsewhere, and that is often not a simple process. The message in the "Shrink C:" dialog explains the problem. The Disk Management facility in Windows has only limited abilities in this regard. Microsoft could have created a facility that rivaled the best products on the market but that would have left competing products without a market. That would have meant expensive legal problems.

Doing a defrag on the volume may allow the shrink to work. Otherwise you will need to use a third party utility.
 

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    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
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    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
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    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
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    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
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    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
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I defragged many times, but to no avail. I just downloaded EaseUS to help with the partitioning, but I'm unsure how much disk space I can safely allocate (and use for Ubuntu) without crashing my system.

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Defrag won't work, your data is still scatter all over the disk. What you need is to consolidate all free space ie. moving all data to the beginning of the disk leaving one big chunk of free space at the end then you can shrink further.

Having said that, the easiest way is to download: Bootable Partition Manger | MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable Edition and using Rufus - Create bootable USB then boot up from the USB. You'll see a screen similar as shown below. Right click on the on the partition that you want to shrink, then move the slider back until you see: 20480MB in the Unallocated Space. This will give you exactly 20GB. Click OK then Apply to commit the change.

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David Bailey said:
you will need to use a third party utility
Click to expand...

Try-

Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

There are people here that can help you use it if they choose to do so.

edit- You still have a small HD. Mine is 500 GBs. $400 at Walmart.
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@David,
His SSD is fine, he still got 90GB left which is plenty. You don't need a large HD for Windows, mine is only 120GB and have installed bunch of applications and still have 85GB left.

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BTW, you mean $40 for 500GB, not $400. With $400, you can get a good 1TB SSD.
 

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  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
topgundcp said:
David Bailey said:
you will need to use a third party utility
Click to expand...

Try-

Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free

There are people here that can help you use it if they choose to do so.

edit- You still have a small HD. Mine is 500 GBs. $400 at Walmart.
Click to expand...
@David,
His SSD is fine, he still got 90GB left which is plenty. You don't need a large HD for Windows, mine is only 120GB and have installed bunch of applications and still have 85GB left.

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BTW, you mean $40 for 500GB, not $400. With $400, you can get a good 1TB SSD.
Click to expand...

I bought mine 5 years ago.
The price has most likely gone down. :)

As to space, I like to keep my free space to around 90%.
The human brain is supposed to use only 10% of its' space.
I think there is a good reason for that.
I may be totally misguided or crazy.
I always thought the free space was used to run applications.
Not enough free space or RAM would cause freeze-ups.

You know more than I do.
I still like to have lots of free space. :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1.1 Pro with Media Center
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Gateway
    CPU
    AMD K140 Cores 2 Threads 2 Name AMD K140 Package Socket FT1 BGA Technology 40nm
    Motherboard
    Manufacturer Gateway Model SX2110G (P0)
    Memory
    Type DDR3 Size 8192 MBytes DRAM Frequency 532.3 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD High Definition Audio Device Realtek High Definition Audio USB Audio Device
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Name 1950W on AMD Radeon HD 7310 Graphics Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x76
    Screen Resolution
    Current Resolution 1366x768 pixels Work Resolution 1366x768 pixels
    Hard Drives
    AMD K140
    Cores 2
    Threads 2
    Name AMD K140
    Package Socket FT1 BGA
    Technology 40nm
    Specification AMD E1-1200 APU with Radeon HD Graphics
    Family F
    Extended Family 14
    Model 2
    Extended Model 2
    Stepping 0
    Revision ON-C0
    Instruction
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    Opera 24.0
    Antivirus
    Avast Internet Security
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