I recently restored my Win 7 OS to factory settings and was running win 7's disk management console. I tried to shrink my C: partition to half the size (the maximum it would allow me) but during the process my computer force-restarted somehow, and my C: partition is now half the size it was before (227 gb now), but it shows up as the full size on the disk management console (452 gb). I tried to reshrink it from the disk manager, but it just tells me that the shrinkable space is 0, yet my C: drive is only half the size it was before, and I can't extend it. Here's a screenshot of the disk:
Does anyone know how to remedy this? Any help would be appreciated!
As good and reliable a program as Partition Wizard is, I would not trust the installed version for the operation you need, use the boot CD as suggested and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.
First download the Partition Wizard Bootable Disk (PWBD) ISO file to the desktop, be sure to get the PWBD and not the installed version; scroll down to see the download link for the Bootable CD ISO file at this link below.
Then use ImgBurn to burn the ISO to a CD, at no greater than 4x speed with a verify; it was designed for use and works best from a CD rather than a DVD; then boot the created CD to make the changes, it doesn't take any input from the user to setup, just relax and let it load.
