shrinking partition

[Bodaggit23]

That was my entire point Windows is capable of shrinking - but only if there is no data in the area that needs to be shrinked - regardless of type of partition

Maybe that's why Windows Disk Management is useless, and the reason I never use it?

But that isn't an issue. If you try to shrink a new installation (on a newly formatted partition), you can shrink it 50% (goes for all your NTFS formatted drives, because of the MFT-mirror).

Sorry, but I don't understand this at all.

Say I create a 100Gb partition and install Windows on it.

You're saying I will only be able to shrink that volume to 50Gb?

 

[tyttebøvs]

Sorry, but I don't understand this at all.

Say I create a 100Gb partition and install Windows on it.

You're saying I will only be able to shrink that volume to 50Gb?

If you use Windows' own shrinking-tool. There is data in the middle of the partition

 

[elobire]

heres the image of the free space.
and i have tried to boot from gparted live CD, but it gives me a error about not being able to find my screen.

 

[Bodaggit23]

If you use Windows' own shrinking-tool. There is data in the middle of the partition

I'll have to take your word for that. Thanks for the patient reply. :good:

heres the image of the free space.
and i have tried to boot from gparted live CD, but it gives me a error about not being able to find my screen.

I've had that problem too, because the GParted default resolution wasn't native to my monitor.

I had to hook up an old CRT temporarily.

 

[elobire]

I'll have to take your word for that. Thanks for the patient reply. :good:


I've had that problem too, because the GParted default resolution wasn't native to my monitor.

I had to hook up an old CRT temporarily.

i tried connecting a different monitor but it didnt work. i have another 2 so il try those tommorow.