Re: Disk Manager not allowing me to shrink partition...

[julzx94]

You need to:
1) Disable hibernation through command prompt. Type in elevated prompt:
powercfg -h off
2) Disable system restore: Start Menu, rightclick on My Computer, click
system protection in left-hand list, uncheck the drive you want to
disable it on, and confirm your choice.
3) Disable the pagefile: Open up System in Control Panel, then Advanced
System Settings \ Advanced \ Performance \ Advanced \ Change \ No Paging
File.
4) Disable the kernel memory dump. Open up System in Control Panel,
then Advanced System Settings \ Advanced \ Startup and Recovery \
Settings \ System Failure \ change drop-down menu to (none).
5) Run the disk cleanup wizard and be sure to delete all previous
restore points and hibernation files.
6) Reboot
7) Download the 30-day free trial of PerfectDisk 10 Professional.
8) In the PD10 interface, select you drive and run a SMARTPlacement
defrag
9) When that is done, do a consolidate free space defrag. This will
create the largest chunks of fre space as possible.
10) When that is finished, in the main page of PD10, right next to the
size of your hard drive, check the box that says "boot." This will
defrag Windows system files that can only be moved when Windows is not
yet booted. This will make it defrag system files EVERY time you boot,
so you should probably turn it off after the first use.

Using these 10 steps, I went from 3GB available for a partition to over
104GB. I would strongly advise against uing GParted and similar
utilities unless you REALLY know what you're doing. After you have done
all the partitions you wish, you should probably re-enable system
restore, hibernation, page filing, and kernel memory dump. I now have a
200GB Vista x64 Home Premium partition (main), a 25GB partition for
testing Windows 7, and a 10GB recovery partition. Cheers!


--
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[pwesth]

julzx94;4303422 Wrote:
> You need to:
> Using these 10 steps, I went from 3GB available for a partition to
> over
> 104GB. --
> julzx94

Thank you for that clear and useful guide, julzx94. It worked perfectly
here. Step 8) took about 8 hours with a 300GB drive, step 9) around
three quarters of an hour, and step 10) a few minutes. (The time
estimates the program gave were widely off mark).

After this, the amount of free space for a second partition increased
from 27GB to 150GB.

pwesth


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[JC]

Hello,

I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space. But
the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition in
Disk Management, it always says "access denied".

I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?

Thanks


"julzx94" wrote:

>
> You need to:
> 1) Disable hibernation through command prompt. Type in elevated prompt:
> powercfg -h off
> 2) Disable system restore: Start Menu, rightclick on My Computer, click
> system protection in left-hand list, uncheck the drive you want to
> disable it on, and confirm your choice.
> 3) Disable the pagefile: Open up System in Control Panel, then Advanced
> System Settings Advanced Performance Advanced Change No Paging
> File.
> 4) Disable the kernel memory dump. Open up System in Control Panel,
> then Advanced System Settings Advanced Startup and Recovery
> Settings System Failure change drop-down menu to (none).
> 5) Run the disk cleanup wizard and be sure to delete all previous
> restore points and hibernation files.
> 6) Reboot
> 7) Download the 30-day free trial of PerfectDisk 10 Professional.
> 8) In the PD10 interface, select you drive and run a SMARTPlacement
> defrag
> 9) When that is done, do a consolidate free space defrag. This will
> create the largest chunks of fre space as possible.
> 10) When that is finished, in the main page of PD10, right next to the
> size of your hard drive, check the box that says "boot." This will
> defrag Windows system files that can only be moved when Windows is not
> yet booted. This will make it defrag system files EVERY time you boot,
> so you should probably turn it off after the first use.
>
> Using these 10 steps, I went from 3GB available for a partition to over
> 104GB. I would strongly advise against uing GParted and similar
> utilities unless you REALLY know what you're doing. After you have done
> all the partitions you wish, you should probably re-enable system
> restore, hibernation, page filing, and kernel memory dump. I now have a
> 200GB Vista x64 Home Premium partition (main), a 25GB partition for
> testing Windows 7, and a 10GB recovery partition. Cheers!
>
>
> --
> julzx94
>

 

[Gordon]

"JC" wrote in message
news:43893900-7E23-45AB-9AA8-B32A9670286E@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space. But
> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition in
> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".
>
> I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?
>

If you are trying to shrink the C or boot partition then it won't. You will
need third-party software to do this.
A favorite is BootIT NG.

 

[Bill Daggett]

"Gordon" wrote:

>
>"JC" wrote in message
>news:43893900-7E23-45AB-9AA8-B32A9670286E@microsoft.com...
>> Hello,
>>
>> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space. But
>> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition in
>> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".
>>
>> I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?
>>
>
>If you are trying to shrink the C or boot partition then it won't. You will
>need third-party software to do this.
>A favorite is BootIT NG.

Whch has to be paid for.

Try EASEUS Partition Master... it's free.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Actually, with the BootIT NG diskette you simply cancel out of installation
and work from the disk. It will allow the partition resizing to be done at
no cost.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
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Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
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"Bill Daggett" wrote in message
news:vo7q85lqgcf5j46pcq9d0kqfpptr57181r@4ax.com...
> "Gordon" wrote:
>
>>
>>"JC" wrote in message
>>news:43893900-7E23-45AB-9AA8-B32A9670286E@microsoft.com...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space.
>>> But
>>> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition
>>> in
>>> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".
>>>
>>> I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?
>>>
>>
>>If you are trying to shrink the C or boot partition then it won't. You
>>will
>>need third-party software to do this.
>>A favorite is BootIT NG.
>
> Whch has to be paid for.
>
> Try EASEUS Partition Master... it's free.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

It means there is a locked file close to the end of the partition and, as
has been indicated by others, you will need a third party partitioning
utility to do this.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

"JC" wrote in message
news:43893900-7E23-45AB-9AA8-B32A9670286E@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space. But
> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition in
> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".
>
> I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "julzx94" wrote:
>
>>
>> You need to:
>> 1) Disable hibernation through command prompt. Type in elevated prompt:
>> powercfg -h off
>> 2) Disable system restore: Start Menu, rightclick on My Computer, click
>> system protection in left-hand list, uncheck the drive you want to
>> disable it on, and confirm your choice.
>> 3) Disable the pagefile: Open up System in Control Panel, then Advanced
>> System Settings Advanced Performance Advanced Change No Paging
>> File.
>> 4) Disable the kernel memory dump. Open up System in Control Panel,
>> then Advanced System Settings Advanced Startup and Recovery
>> Settings System Failure change drop-down menu to (none).
>> 5) Run the disk cleanup wizard and be sure to delete all previous
>> restore points and hibernation files.
>> 6) Reboot
>> 7) Download the 30-day free trial of PerfectDisk 10 Professional.
>> 8) In the PD10 interface, select you drive and run a SMARTPlacement
>> defrag
>> 9) When that is done, do a consolidate free space defrag. This will
>> create the largest chunks of fre space as possible.
>> 10) When that is finished, in the main page of PD10, right next to the
>> size of your hard drive, check the box that says "boot." This will
>> defrag Windows system files that can only be moved when Windows is not
>> yet booted. This will make it defrag system files EVERY time you boot,
>> so you should probably turn it off after the first use.
>>
>> Using these 10 steps, I went from 3GB available for a partition to over
>> 104GB. I would strongly advise against uing GParted and similar
>> utilities unless you REALLY know what you're doing. After you have done
>> all the partitions you wish, you should probably re-enable system
>> restore, hibernation, page filing, and kernel memory dump. I now have a
>> 200GB Vista x64 Home Premium partition (main), a 25GB partition for
>> testing Windows 7, and a 10GB recovery partition. Cheers!
>>
>>
>> --
>> julzx94
>>

 

[julzx94]

> If you are trying to shrink the C or boot partition then it won't. You
> will
> need third-party software to do this.
> A favorite is BootIT NG.

No..... I have personally shrank the C: partition on my computer
multiple times.

> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space.
> But
> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition
> in
> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".

It sounds like you don't have the correct privileges to continue....
are you on an account with Administrative privileges?


--
julzx94

 

[JC]

I tried with EASEUS Partition Master 4 Home Edition. But during the partition
activity, when it asked to reboot, it could not find the batch file.

"Bill Daggett" wrote:

> "Gordon" wrote:
>
> >
> >"JC" wrote in message
> >news:43893900-7E23-45AB-9AA8-B32A9670286E@microsoft.com...
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I did all the steps. It has increased the substancial amount of space. But
> >> the original problem is still there. When I try to do shrink partition in
> >> Disk Management, it always says "access denied".
> >>
> >> I want to create a new partition. How do I do it?
> >>
> >
> >If you are trying to shrink the C or boot partition then it won't. You will
> >need third-party software to do this.
> >A favorite is BootIT NG.
>
> Whch has to be paid for.
>
> Try EASEUS Partition Master... it's free.
>