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Size of available shrink space does not equate Free Space

Anonymous
2022-09-26T15:55:31+00:00

I have an HP Pavilion Notebook with a SAMSUNG 870 EVO SATA SSD 500GB 2.5” as Internal Solid State Hard Drive. I am trying to shrink my primary Partition and create 100gb of unallocated space. In the File Explorer it shows that i have 133 GB of free space but when i try to shrink it, it says that it can only shrink about 25gb. I was hoping someone could help me understand whats going on. Sincerely, martin.0

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  1. DaveM121 872.1K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2022-09-26T16:31:16+00:00

    Hi martin.0

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    Windows has very limited partitioning capability, when you choose to shrink a partition, when it meets an unmovable file, it will not shrink past that file.

    Open the Drive Optimization utility in Windows and defragment that drive fully, then try shrinking the partition again, that usually moves the unmovable files and allows you to shrink a larger space.

    If that is not successful, you will need to use a 3rd party partitioning tool like the free version of AOMEI Partition Assistant to shrink that partition

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-09-26T17:46:46+00:00

    Thanks, it worked by using AOMEI

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