Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

General discussion

Reduce C Drive Partition

by irfanil May 5, 2009 7:12PM PDT

Hello,

i've bought a new quad core system with 500 GB hdd and windows vista home premium. I want to reduce C drive to 50 GB and create two partitions but windows won't let me shrink C drive less than 50% of my hdd. why is that and how can I do it? I even tried Acronis Disk Doctor but it couldn't make the partition from C.

Discussion is locked

4 Posts
- Collapse + Expand Details
- Collapse -
I can only guess
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 5, 2009 9:52PM PDT

That this is some pre-installed Vista which may have items, features such as a restore collection that tends to be that big.

-> Look to doing more research on your machine but a stock Vista install (not the ones that you get pre-installed) would not have this issue.

If it's a factory install consider asking the company that did this.
Bob

- Collapse -
vista installation
by irfanil May 6, 2009 1:29AM PDT

I installed vista myself.

- Collapse -
Then look to better tools.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator May 6, 2009 1:32AM PDT

See if the current versions of Partition Magic can help.

- Collapse -
have you tried using the command line tool?
by ramarc May 6, 2009 2:57AM PDT
working with partitions in disk management

also, you should defragment before the shrink (a boot time defrag would be ideal). if there's unmoveable data in the 'middle' of the partition, the shrink won't go further than that data.
Back to Windows Vista forum

CNET Forums

Operating Systems
Software
Electronics & Gadgets
Hardware
Tablets & Mobile Devices
General Help
Brand Forums
Roadshow Autos
Off Topic

Other Forums

Forum Info