I'm trying to shrink the C drive to whatever is on there now and leave a few extra GB then clone the drive. It's only allowing me to shrink it to 490gb but only 120 of the 900 gb are being used rightnow.
This is normal. Halfway between byte 0 and byte n on the disk/partition, the system parks the MFT (master file table). And you cannot go beyond that. There are programs that move the MFT, but I am not sure how safe they are. I once screwed up my system with one of those wonder programs. But maybe someone else has a different experience.
Here is some more on the subject - but that does not mean that I subscribe to their suggestions.
did it with "raxco perfect disc 10", it des it on the next reboot, choosing the option of system filies.
i would suggest backing up your system, just in case. but i never had a problem.
the above program cost is not free, but you can download and install the complete version for 20 or 30 days.
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