Solved Cannot shrink drives -> "service disabled".

[stevepoolstock]

Hey all,

I want to create some free space on my primary drive which is a 128gb SSD. Clicking on "shrink partition" gives me a message that tells me it cannot complete the request because there is an essential service inactive. However it does not tell me which service or how to reactivate it.

Anyone?

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello mate, first post a snip of a maximized Windows disk management so we can rule that out then the "service" issue.

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[xxxdannyxxx]

Also that option will not be available because for some reason its linked to the windows "disk defragmenter" service which I would presume is disabled as your running an ssd. You will have to enable the "disk defragmenter" service first or use a third party program.

Danny

 

[chrysalis]

samsung ssd by any chance?

I have been researching like crazy last 2 days and I read samsungs magician app does disable a service that stops resize working, seems tho the kind poster above me has told you its the defrag service so try enabling that temporarily to see if works.

 

[stevepoolstock]

samsung ssd by any chance?

I have been researching like crazy last 2 days and I read samsungs magician app does disable a service that stops resize working, seems tho the kind poster above me has told you its the defrag service so try enabling that temporarily to see if works.

Yes it's a Samsung 830 128gb. Now that you mention it... I'm pretty sure this happened after I used the Samsung Magician tool that came with the SSD. I'll check the program's settings and report back as soon as I can access my pc.

 

[stevepoolstock]

Reactivating the Windows Disk defragmenter service through the Samsung Magician tool allowed me to resize my partition again with Disk Management!

Thanks a bunch.

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

Reactivating the Windows Disk defragmenter service through the Samsung Magician tool allowed me to resize my partition again with Disk Management!

Thanks a bunch.

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