Partition help!

[ikilledkenny]

I tried to make a partition so I could install gOS, but I can't make a partition larger than 1MB for some reason. Can someone please help me out?

 

[DJG]

We need a little more info - what when where and how ... software used to make the partition, what OS where you making the partition with, or was it a boot DVD, what did the disk look like when you tried to make the partition, etc. etc.

 

[ikilledkenny]

I am using (Vista Ultimate)RED [Had the same problem on 7]
I am using the Start > Computer > Manage method
I am trying to make a partition for gOS or the RTM of Windows 7 (when it leaks)

 

[Lordbob75]

Hey ikilledkenny.

Go into Disk Management, and post a screenshot of it. You probably need to shrink your OS partition.

~Lordbob

 

[ikilledkenny]

Hey ikilledkenny.

Go into Disk Management, and post a screenshot of it. You probably need to shrink your OS partition.

~Lordbob

I only have 1 partition, and it's for the OS. I'll switch back into Windows and get a screeny up.

 

[Lordbob75]

I only have 1 partition, and it's for the OS. I'll switch back into Windows and get a screeny up.

Is the partition taking up the whole drive? You will need to shrink the partition until you have enough for another OS.

~Lordbob

 

[ikilledkenny]

I've already cleaned up stuff...

 

[Lordbob75]

I've already cleaned up stuff...

That is not what I mean. You only have one drive there. So you need to shrink its partition from all 150 gigs (or w/e) down by at least 10gigs. This will give you the space you need.

~Lordbob

 

[ikilledkenny]

But that's the problem, I can't shrink it more than 1MB

 

[OEM]

You must have a file at the end of the partition thats preventing you from shrinking it more than 1 meg. Try defrag, and maybe it will move that file out of the way.

How much free space is on your partition?

There are free partitioning programs out there that should do a better job for you.

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I hate that MS included this tool and made it near useless in your case. Its ridiculous that you have free space and yet can't shrink it more than a meg. WTH???

 

[ikilledkenny]

I defragged before I took the screenshot. I have 99.6GB's free. I tried to use the Gparted LiveCD, but it wouldn't let me shrink it past 1MB either...

FML? I think so...

 

[OEM]

It must be an unmovable file.

What you could do if you have another hard drive is to run a full recovery backup of Seven, resize/repartition the drive and run recovery to reinstall Seven.

 

[ikilledkenny]

I think I need to reformat my hard drive. I have a laptop, and I don't have another drive.

 

[Antman]

Install the Google OS on a flash drive. Working on a solution for your volume shrink. Pending...

 

[Antman]

Since the shrink can only occur within contiguous free space, it is only logical that something is sitting at the end. Eliminate your page file. Defrag your MFT (Diskeeper Pro, PerfectDsk, maybe Defraggler Diskeeper Lite won't do it) . Use disk cleanup. Empty IE (etc) temp files. Turn off System Restore (and kill restore points ?!?)

 

[Antman]

This might be the trick

 

[7echno7im]

Reboot then defrag again. Try a different defragger than Windows. I had this issue before to shrink a vol for Ubuntu. Defrag, reboot, defrag again. Eventually you will be able to shrink it.

I used this to get it.

Download Power Defragmenter 3.0 - This software will take the defragmentation process to a whole new level - Softpedia

its a GUI for contig

I had to make sure there was no hibernation file. I also changed the size of my pagefile just to make sure it was working right.

 

[ikilledkenny]

Thanks for your suggestions guys! I figured I needed to reformat anyway, and I wanted to try the new ext3 filesystem, so I just slapped Fedora 11 KDE on my HD. I'll reinstall seven when the RTM gets leaked.