 Vista Shrink Partiton Help, shrink limited on xp partion using vista |
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  Feb 2 2007, 08:15 PM
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xp was on the disk first xp partion is like a 100g vista is like 20  tried to shrink xp's 100g using vistas partion management tool, but it won't let me shrink the xp partion?Anyone know why? does it have anything to do with pagefiles or the like? looked at pagefiles under vista, it only showed one for the vista partion. Any help is greatly appreciated 
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Feb 3 2007, 08:50 AM
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 Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 14,526 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
Have you defragged the partition from within XP? How full is the XP partition?
-------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Feb 3 2007, 10:12 AM
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 You're Bleepin' or you're Weepin' Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,479 Joined: 12-March 06 From: Momma Member No.: 58,911 |
The vista partition tool is limited to protecting the user from him\herself.
Read the introduction here. First line under "When resizing volumes in Windows Vista you must be aware of the following criteria:" |
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Feb 3 2007, 11:00 AM
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 Bleep Bleep! Group: Admin Posts: 29,367 Joined: 24-January 04 From: USA Member No.: 3 |
I am assuming your XP partition is a NTFS one? Also pagefiles are unmoveable and thus cant be shrunk. THey are also usually hidden so make sure you are viewing all system files before you determine whether there is one there or not.
-------------------- Lawrence
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Mar 13 2008, 07:24 PM
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I've been having the same problem, because there were some odd locked system files randomly fragmented throughout my drive. This seriously limited my shrinking capability. I downloaded a try-before-you-buy app, Raxco PerfectDisk 2008 and it has the ability to initiate defragging of system files on the next reboot. This system file defragging process itself may be native to Vista, but I'm not that savvy to be able to say for sure.
Anyways, it worked and I was able to shrink the partition as expected (note: this was with an active pagefile at 1.5GB). My next method to try if that didn't work was to chop up the partition with a GParted LiveCD, which may or may not have caused reliability issues. -------------------- Toshiba Satellite A135 OS: Vista Home Premium SP1 Processor: T2250 @ 1.73 GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.7 GHz RAM: 1526 MB Display: Mobile Intel® 945GM/GU Express Chipset Family |
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