Windows 7 Partitioning Limitations

I was just trying to reduce the size of my C Drive and was not able to reduce it lower than 251558 MB out of 476838 MB? I was quite sure I had done this a few times before so what gives? I'm using the inbuilt Disk Management which I've also used before, but maybe not in this same way.

I was trying to bring it down to about 150GB and use the other space for a Linux Install. Again, computers make me feel so stupid.

Operating System
Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40GHz 30 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 051FJ8 (CPU 1) 28 °C
Graphics
DELL U2412M (1920x1200@64Hz)
Intel Microsoft Basic Display Adapter (Dell)
WD Black 2.5 500GB Laptop Drive

The answer lies in the message: the volume cannot be shrunk further where there are unmovable files present.

here's a page that guides you through this using minitool partition wizard
Two Easy and Effective Ways to Free Shrink Windows Partition
Download MiniTool Partition Wizard Free Edition - MajorGeeks

iko22 said:

The answer lies in the message: the volume cannot be shrunk further where there are unmovable files present.

That would be true if there were less available free space. There is clearly 423.73 Free Space out of 465.66, so I should be able to do this no problem.

I will use a third party tool if needed.

Nasty7 said:

That would be true if there were less available free space. There is clearly 423.73 Free Space out of 465.66, so I should be able to do this no problem.

Windows does not know how to move unmovable files when you have free space, which is why I posted the links above

I understand johnhoh. I decided to do a Disk Cleanup and a Defrag to see if that would help. I wish I would have done a Drive Format before I did a Reinstall. I used a Drive that had Linux on it and don't know if that would matter or not. Maybe some of you can tell by looking at the Defrag Report.

Under File Name at the bottom Left, can any of you tell me if this is a Linux File, though it does say "System Volume Information" to the Right, I wouldn't know if that matters.

I guess I can just move forward with the Third Party tools to Re-Partition, do you guys think this will break anything, and is this somewhat Normal, have you guys seen this before?

I also wonder if I can, or should, make these pics smaller, or don't it matter?

That is what I'm going to do, I just want to know if I did something wrong that causes this? I normally don't wipe a drive until Install, then Delete all partitions and make sure the drive is ALL UNALLOCATED before moving forward.