Although the Windows built-in Disk Management utility has an option to shrink the bootable partition, it only allows me to shrink it roughly by half, even though only 20 GiB on the partition is used. As far as I understand, system unmovable files lie in the middle of the partition, preventing Disk Management utility to do what I want. Jul 30, 2018 The reason why Windows won’t let you shrink the volume is as the message shown in Disk Management suggested, because there are immovable system files at the very end of the volume, as this screenshot from utility shows us. There are multiple things you could try to work this around. Unable to shrink C drive via Disk Management in Windows 10/8/7/XP due to unmovable files? Refer to this article and you will find a.
To install Ubuntu alongside Windows 7, I have to shrink Windows 7 partition C. But due to some unmovable files, I cannot shrink as much as I plan by using Windows own shrinking tool. I guess many of you who have both OSes on the same hard drive must have similar experience. How to solve this problem?
Any reference that can help is also appreciated! Thanks and regards! UPDATE: I have identified what unmovable file currently stop further shrinking: ProgramData Microsoft Search Data Applications Windows Projects SystemIndex Indexer CiFiles 00010015.wid::$DATA If I understand correctly, the file belongs to Windows Search.
Can I set up somewhere in Windows system settings to temperately eliminate the file and similar ones (because there are many similar files under the same directory which I guess will also stand in the way of shrinking and unmovable by defrag)? Toushin toshi 3 english patch. Just had the same problem, but the instructions in worked well for me. Well, I've just spent a day trying to get various defraggers to move the (extremely stubborn) unmovable metadata which Win7 puts in the middle of the drive for safety. None worked (Raxco, Ultradefrag, Win7 defragger).
Finally I used MiniTools Partition Wizard (free for home use) which 'knows' about Win7 and does not mess up the Win installation. From what I have read, GParted (which I know and love) seriously risks screwing things royally, and I could not take the risk. Partition Wizard seems a very slick program, BTW.
I used the CD version - much safer.
Scenario In order to create new partition to store individual data, I want to shrink C drive from 200 GB to 100 GB. When I enter Windows 10 Disk Management to start, the Shrink option is disabled no matter what value I type in the box behind “enter the amount of space to shrink in MB”. And the message shows that you can’t shrink a volume beyond the partition where any unmovable files are located. But what’s baffling is that there is 128 GB free space on C drive. What is wrong with it? Why Disk Management is unable to shrink C drive even there is free space on partition C.
Solution: Disable the unmovable files Actually, the answer is as same as the Disk Management message shows that the shrink space of C drive is limited by unmovable files such as Hibernation, Page files and system protections. These files can’t be moved automatically by Windows built-in tool Disk Management, so you’ll need to manually disable the unmovable files. As these files are hidden, you should uncheck Hide protected operating system files and check Show hidden files to see these files in Explore at first. Then, how to disable the unmovable files on Partition C will be shown in next part. (It is recommended to re-enable them after shrinking C drive.) Disable System protection:Press “Win + R”.
The reason that Windows' own disk management has issues with the 'unmovable' files on the system partition is that it runs within windows thus making certain files 'in Use' and therefore not possible to move. Things such as Partition Wizard are designed to work outside of the operating system for these very issues. I am sure Microsoft could develop a similar system but I think the old demon of a Microsoft monopoly would raise it's head I would actually advise the use of Partition Wizard's boot disk to work with the system partition.