help to shrink drive c w/400+ g's free space but see only 900+ MB's

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I've just updated the pc specs for this thread. It's a XPS 15 about 2 months old and is the first laptop I've ever owned or used.
It came with a 500 G. hard drive of which 102 MB's are the OEM Partition, 19.53 G's for Recovery and 446.13 G's for C drive. C drive has 403.33 G's free space.
When I try to shrink C drive so that I can make another partition I'm told I only have 931 MB's that I can shrink out of 456853 MB's total.
Also it says that I can't shrink a volume beyond the point where any unmovable files are located. I defragged but it did no good.
Any help would be appreciated.
My skill level remain s that of novice.
Thanks.
H
 

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Dell XPS 15 L502X
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Windows 7 Pro x64
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i5 2430M
Motherboard
Dell 0NJT03
Memory
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Nvidia High Definition Audio
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Asus VW246H
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
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PC/Desktop
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Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
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Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
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AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
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8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
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onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
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Rosewill SilentNight 500 watt fanless, semi-modular
Case
Antec Solo II
Cooling
Noctua NH-U12S; Noctua F12 intake, Noctua S12A exhaust
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Microsoft 200 6JH-00001 USB
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Dell or Microsoft optical wired; USB
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All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
ignatzatsonic, Thank you for the help. I'm going to try it this afternoon.
Regards.
H.
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Pro x64i5 2430M6 G'sNVidia GE Force 540M
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell XPS 15 L502X
OS
Windows 7 Pro x64
CPU
i5 2430M
Motherboard
Dell 0NJT03
Memory
6 G's
Graphics Card(s)
NVidia GE Force 540M
Sound Card
Nvidia High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Asus VW246H
Screen Resolution
1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
Toshiba MIK5061 GSY
Case
Dell
Cooling
Air only
Keyboard
Dell
Mouse
MS Laser
Internet Speed
broadband 15 Mbit/s
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