Cannot shrink external disk although there's space


  1. irong93
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    Cannot shrink external disk although there's space


    I have a 500GB external hard disk. I've already shrink in once to create 3 volume, about 250GB, 150GB & 100GB.
    I tried to shrink the disk further, ie the first 250GB, after moving some data to the other 2 volume.
    Although I've 220GB now on the first volume, I'm not able to shrink it down further.
    It shows I can only shrink down by 8GB when I use the windows disk management tools.
    Please advise how to rectify this issue.
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  3. ICIT2LOL
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    Hello and welcome irong mate try this app to shrink that partition you want shrunk.

    Best Free Partition Manager Freeware and free partition magic for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Vista and Windows XP 32 bit & 64 bit. MiniTool Free Partition Manager Software Home Edition.
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