Shrinking a partition's size?

stockhausen

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A quick one . . .

I have just bought a laptop.
The entire SSD is one huge partition.
I would like a "System" partition and a "Data" partition.
Before faffing around with Windows 10, what is the best way of shrinking the "C:" partition to make space for a "Data" partition?
Thanks :)
 
Mmmm not sure how easy you are after 3 maybe 4 clicks in windows 10 = job done, anyway you crack on with your 10 best.
 
stockhausen said:
All very true . . .

. . . However, this all involves my "faffing around with Windows 10" which I would like to avoid. I was looking for something simple, reliable and foolproof like Partition Manager.

I have now found "10 Best Free Disk Partition Software Tools" :)
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Not sure why you have to faff around with it. It's a quick calculation and click shrink.

If you want 1/3 OS drive and 2/3 data drive just divide total by 3 then take it away from total value and apply.
 
GPARTED seems to me to be the ideal solution - I think I will give that a go.

To clarify; I would like to adjust the partition sizes BEFORE booting Windows 10 for the first time; I will then "image" the system partition and finally I will boot Windows 10, update and patch it as necessary and install any software that I think is appropriate (Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC, BleachBit, etc.). That way I can always revert to a "Virgin" copy of Windows 10 at any time - QED :)
 
Doing it with the built in Windows tools is by far your best bet for this very simple task. Searching for a third party tool for this is like reaching for a spanner when confronted with a thumbscrew.

:edit: I should read threads fully :p
 
Bouton Aide said:
Not sure why you have to faff around with it. It's a quick calculation and click shrink.

If you want 1/3 OS drive and 2/3 data drive just divide total by 3 then take it away from total value and apply.
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Doesn't work that easy inside Windows.
Disk Management of Windows can't move certain file system datas etc, which cna seriously limit how much you can shrink partition.
 
EsaT said:
Doesn't work that easy inside Windows.
Disk Management of Windows can't move certain file system datas etc, which cna seriously limit how much you can shrink partition.
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I haven't had an issue in the past. Never been a problem.

stockhausen said:
GPARTED seems to me to be the ideal solution - I think I will give that a go.

To clarify; I would like to adjust the partition sizes BEFORE booting Windows 10 for the first time; I will then "image" the system partition and finally I will boot Windows 10, update and patch it as necessary and install any software that I think is appropriate (Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC, BleachBit, etc.). That way I can always revert to a "Virgin" copy of Windows 10 at any time - QED :)
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Well you never said this jesus. :confused: :p
 
stockhausen said:
GPARTED seems to me to be the ideal solution - I think I will give that a go.

To clarify; I would like to adjust the partition sizes BEFORE booting Windows 10 for the first time; I will then "image" the system partition and finally I will boot Windows 10, update and patch it as necessary and install any software that I think is appropriate (Firefox, LibreOffice, VLC, BleachBit, etc.). That way I can always revert to a "Virgin" copy of Windows 10 at any time - QED :)
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If you have a Win10 Setup USB lying around, boot the computer and at the setup dialogs press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt. From there use Diskpart.

You can easily create a W10 Setup USB using the Media Creation Tool, or download Windows ADK and create a WinPE USB.
 
koooowweeee said:
Could you not just put another drive in?
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It is a very low profile laptop, presumably with a M.2 SSD. It has two USB-C ports (I don't have any USB-C devices (yet)), a single USB port and an HDMI port. Sadly it doesn't have a CD drive and I don't have a standalone/pluggable one of those anyhow.

Mujja said:
If you have a Win10 Setup USB lying around, boot the computer and at the setup dialogs press Shift+F10 to open a command prompt. From there use Diskpart.

You can easily create a W10 Setup USB using the Media Creation Tool, or download Windows ADK and create a WinPE USB.
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Thanks, that is a very good idea, I certainly could have gone that route - I will remember in case I ever need to do this again :)
 
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