Partition

hey,
ok so this is my problem

i want to partition my hard-drive so that i can have 2 partitions and 2 operating systems. but when i go to 'run' and type in diskmgmt.msc it gets the there and everything but when i want to partition, it only allows me to partition around 1.3gb
i have a 250gb hard-drive. i want to parition about 80gb.

Screenshot:
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i already defragmented through Tuneup and Windows.

if you know anything i can do, please tell me

THANKS!

Are you saying that it will not shrink the existing partition enough?

After following Jon's steps, try shrinking again.

If it still will not shrink sufficiently, you will need to download and install Perfect Disk 10 trial version and do an offline defragging:



Note the setting to Consolidate free space. After this, it might be necessary to right click on drive and select System files to move system files out of the way. These operations will all run in boot mode.

This has worked about a dozen times for me when system files were in the way of shrinking.

how do i disable the paging file?
i've heard of it before (something like pagefile.sys)
lol

thanks in advance!

Another option is GParted will shrink your partition and move the system files without issue. Here is a tutorial on how to get it and use it:

Hard Drive Partitions - Changing with GParted

Cheers!
Robert

ark1227 said:

how do i disable the paging file?
i've heard of it before (something like pagefile.sys)
lol

thanks in advance!

ok... still no luck
im gna go ahead and try it with gparted and see what happens.