Partitioning under Vista 64...Stuck...

MikeTAD · 15 Jul 2008 at 16:33

I have a 1TB drive. I shrank the C drive down to 512GB using Vista 64. I then used PerfectDisk to defrag and consolidate the drive, then I used Vista again and got the disk down to 468GB.
Now I'm stuck. Whatever I do, Vista will not shrink the drive any further...basically because the MFT cannot be moved...
Any suggestions on how I can get my C drive down to about 150GB would be most welcome.

jbloggs · 15 Jul 2008 at 16:37

diskpart.exe

MikeTAD · 15 Jul 2008 at 16:53

Have you actually used this software? I ask because it does not work for me. When I get to 'shrink desired', whatever number I put in I get the response 'The specified shrink size is too large'.
Could be because the MFT is not moveable...ho hum...

jbloggs · 15 Jul 2008 at 18:15

Have you actually used this software?

Yes, I have, when the Shrink/Partition utility in Disk Management didn't work for me....

You could try GParted....also refer to This if necessary....

bledd · 15 Jul 2008 at 18:53

i use gparted, vista only seems to let you set it to half the old size..

MikeTAD · 15 Jul 2008 at 19:27

OK.
I'm presently re-installing Vista...using it to create the 3 partition sizes I need...then I'll 'do the shuffle' and re-install the OS again on the Vista partitioned drive where I want it...that's the plan anyway...

If it works, then everything will have been done under Vista! Can't be wrong then can it...

MikeTAD · 15 Jul 2008 at 19:52

jbloggs said:
Yes, I have, when the Shrink/Partition utility in Disk Management didn't work for me....

So what happened when you put in the 'shrink desired' size?

bledd · 15 Jul 2008 at 20:24

should've used gparted

MikeTAD · 15 Jul 2008 at 20:42

You answered a question I didn't ask...so...what happened when you put in 'shrink desired' under diskpart?

jbloggs · 15 Jul 2008 at 21:42

MikeTAD said:
jbloggs said:

Yes, I have, when the Shrink/Partition utility in Disk Management didn't work for me....

So what happened when you put in the 'shrink desired' size?

Click to expand...

It worked (I don't remember the exact mechanism, as it was a while ago I used it).....hence the reason why I suggested you tried it.

MikeTAD · 16 Jul 2008 at 00:10

Got there in the end using Vista only...don't ask...it took hours and I'm sure I would not be able to repeat whatever it was I did...I'm cream crackered...and at the moment not a Vista fan.
Still, got 4 partitions, including a smaller one for the OS which was what I wanted.
Drives (or Volumes):
C=146GB
D=162GB
E=154GB
F=DVD
G=468GB

Enough for now I think...