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Partition allocation
I have Windows vista home edition , hard disk 160GB. Created partion through
Shrink of 60 GB. Now showing as 58.59 GB unallocated. When Through "New simple volume", what should be the simple volume size as selecting 59gb or any other size, shows "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" Can anyone suggest? Restore has already been disabled |
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Partition allocation
Working Around Windows Vista's "Shrink Volume" Inadequacy Problems:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...uacy-problems/ -- Carey Frisch Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User --------------------------------------------------------------- "Sangs" wrote: I have Windows vista home edition , hard disk 160GB. Created partion through Shrink of 60 GB. Now showing as 58.59 GB unallocated. When Through "New simple volume", what should be the simple volume size as selecting 59gb or any other size, shows "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" Can anyone suggest? Restore has already been disabled |
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To be honest I don't trust Vista's Shrink or extend partition options;
they're certainly not the brightest bulbs in the box. For better control I prefer to use third party applications such as Acronis Disk Director or Paragon Hard Disk Suite 2008. Obviously neither are free, but they certainly do a better job of disk management than Microsoft's feeble attempts. -- -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Sangs" wrote in message ... I have Windows vista home edition , hard disk 160GB. Created partion through Shrink of 60 GB. Now showing as 58.59 GB unallocated. When Through "New simple volume", what should be the simple volume size as selecting 59gb or any other size, shows "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" Can anyone suggest? Restore has already been disabled |
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To be honest I don't trust Vista's Shrink or extend partition options;
they're certainly not the brightest bulbs in the box. For better control I prefer to use third party applications such as Acronis Disk Director or Paragon Hard Disk Suite 2008. Obviously neither are free, but they certainly do a better job of disk management than Microsoft's feeble attempts. -- -- John Barnett MVP Associate Expert Windows - Shell/User Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy, reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in this mail/post.. "Sangs" wrote in message ... I have Windows vista home edition , hard disk 160GB. Created partion through Shrink of 60 GB. Now showing as 58.59 GB unallocated. When Through "New simple volume", what should be the simple volume size as selecting 59gb or any other size, shows "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" Can anyone suggest? Restore has already been disabled |
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Hi, Sangs.
When you say, "Created partition through Shrink", do you mean by using the Shrink Volume function of Disk Management (diskmgmt.msc)? Or are you using some third-party utility named Shrink? You may simply be the victim of sometimes-inconsistent hard drive size arithmetic, where 60 GB does not always equal 60,000 MB. :( Will the Wizard let you use whatever number shows up by default in the requested size box? Have you rebooted since shrinking the first partition? Sometimes the BIOS and Vista need a fresh start to get in sync as to hard drive and partition sizes. Maybe exiting and restarting Disk Management would be enough; maybe not. Vista also includes the DiskPart shell (diskpart.exe). This is more powerful (and therefore can be more dangerous) than Disk Management; it might do what you need without third-party help. But be careful with it. I have used DM's Shrink Volume function successfully a few times. RC -- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX Microsoft Windows MVP (Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64) "Sangs" wrote in message ... I have Windows vista home edition , hard disk 160GB. Created partion through Shrink of 60 GB. Now showing as 58.59 GB unallocated. When Through "New simple volume", what should be the simple volume size as selecting 59gb or any other size, shows "there is not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation" Can anyone suggest? Restore has already been disabled |