Repartioning - Why Can't I Shrink More

[John Barnes]

Check which partition is labeled 'system' in disk management. It should be
the active partition that is so labeled


"Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:0fSdndi-sK2HaOXYnZ2dnUVZ_tGsnZ2d@comcast.com...
>I offloaded all the folders off the D: drive in an attempt to re-format the
>D: drive. But I was unable to format it. Error -- Windows cannot format
>the system partition on this disk. Why does Vista Disk Management think
>the D: drive is the system partition?
>
> Also, can't delete a file that belonged to Virtual PC...Destination Folder
> Access Denied - You need permission to perform this action / Try Again /
> Try Again...
>
> So I can't format, I can't offload all the files, I can only shrink a 40
> GB drive by 4 or 5 GB. What else can I try? Maybe just log on to machine
> as administrator and go to dos mode to format D:.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Boolean1
>
>
> "Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:58CdnVrVdPcCduXYnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I have an 80 GB hard disk, partioned at C: 40 GB and D: 40 GB.
>>
>> I want to shink the D: drive from 40 GB to 30 GB (so that I can increase
>> D: from 40 to 50), but the system will only let me Shrink it by 4 GB.
>> Why would this be? There is only about 5 GB used on the D: drive.
>>
>> Would defraggging help? I did have some big data files on there before,
>> which I deleted or copied off.
>>
>> It says that the size of the available shrink space can be restricted if
>> snapshots or pagefiles are enabled on the volume. Could that be the
>> problem? How to I disable snapshots and/or pagefiles?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Boolean1
>

[andy]

On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 00:16:09 -0500, "Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net>
wrote:

>I offloaded all the folders off the D: drive in an attempt to re-format the
>D: drive. But I was unable to format it. Error -- Windows cannot format
>the system partition on this disk. Why does Vista Disk Management think the
>D: drive is the system partition?

That's because D: is the active primary partition. If you format it
(e.g., while not running Vista), you will destroy the Vista boot
files.

>
>Also, can't delete a file that belonged to Virtual PC...Destination Folder
>Access Denied - You need permission to perform this action / Try Again / Try
>Again...
>
>So I can't format, I can't offload all the files, I can only shrink a 40 GB
>drive by 4 or 5 GB. What else can I try? Maybe just log on to machine as
>administrator and go to dos mode to format D:.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Boolean1
>
>
>"Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>news:58CdnVrVdPcCduXYnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I have an 80 GB hard disk, partioned at C: 40 GB and D: 40 GB.
>>
>> I want to shink the D: drive from 40 GB to 30 GB (so that I can increase
>> D: from 40 to 50), but the system will only let me Shrink it by 4 GB. Why
>> would this be? There is only about 5 GB used on the D: drive.
>>
>> Would defraggging help? I did have some big data files on there before,
>> which I deleted or copied off.
>>
>> It says that the size of the available shrink space can be restricted if
>> snapshots or pagefiles are enabled on the volume. Could that be the
>> problem? How to I disable snapshots and/or pagefiles?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Boolean1

[Boolean1]

Well, It's good to know that there's no easy way to do this then...smile,
it's Friday.

Thanks,

Boolean1


"andy" <bogusaddress@bogusaddress.123> wrote in message
news:f4ojn25795s0j3ib4dna1e90eaeg9p7l3r@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 00:16:09 -0500, "Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I offloaded all the folders off the D: drive in an attempt to re-format
>>the
>>D: drive. But I was unable to format it. Error -- Windows cannot format
>>the system partition on this disk. Why does Vista Disk Management think
>>the
>>D: drive is the system partition?
>
> That's because D: is the active primary partition. If you format it
> (e.g., while not running Vista), you will destroy the Vista boot
> files.
>
>>
>>Also, can't delete a file that belonged to Virtual PC...Destination Folder
>>Access Denied - You need permission to perform this action / Try Again /
>>Try
>>Again...
>>
>>So I can't format, I can't offload all the files, I can only shrink a 40
>>GB
>>drive by 4 or 5 GB. What else can I try? Maybe just log on to machine as
>>administrator and go to dos mode to format D:.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Boolean1
>>
>>
>>"Boolean1" <Boolean1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>news:58CdnVrVdPcCduXYnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>I have an 80 GB hard disk, partioned at C: 40 GB and D: 40 GB.
>>>
>>> I want to shink the D: drive from 40 GB to 30 GB (so that I can increase
>>> D: from 40 to 50), but the system will only let me Shrink it by 4 GB.
>>> Why
>>> would this be? There is only about 5 GB used on the D: drive.
>>>
>>> Would defraggging help? I did have some big data files on there before,
>>> which I deleted or copied off.
>>>
>>> It says that the size of the available shrink space can be restricted if
>>> snapshots or pagefiles are enabled on the volume. Could that be the
>>> problem? How to I disable snapshots and/or pagefiles?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Boolean1
>

[maxting]

There is another hassle free ways of doing it by the aid of PerfectDisk 2008 to defrag and move the system files, the guide is here http://maxeasyguide.blogspot.com/200...for-winxp.html