Windows 10: I need help for shrinking c drive .

chEnnAkEshAvA · Jun 23, 2019

I am not able to shrink my c drive which was allocated 931 GB , i want to resize to 200 GB . I'm not able to do it using disk management .

In disk management , the maximum available shrink space is 790 gb but can't figure out why , as i surfed internet i saw several websites not to go beyond that limit for partition .

As part of my windows pro installation i customised my disk partition and allocated 931 gb for c drive , i want to make 2 volumes now

HP 15g-br00xx model.

Could anyone help me out with this issue!!!

:)

arvindnasit · Jun 23, 2019

shrink my C: drive

my pc has 918 GB harddrive , I wan't to shrink C: drive by 200 GB but system not allow me to shrink C: drive less than 459 GB ( half of total storage ) . It shows massage that " you cannot shrink volume beyond the point whete unmovable file are there ",
when I have only 80 GB data in C; drive. So, how I can shrink C: drive by 200GB?

Kapil Arya [Directly] · Jun 23, 2019

shrink size of c drive while partitioning

Hello phaniphani,

I'm Independent Advisor and Microsoft MVP, here to help you with your question.

Make sure you're signed in to administrator account and then try steps to shrink C drive.

Let me know, if you're still facing the issue after signing into admin account, I'll help you.

KrishnaDarbha · Jun 23, 2019

Unable to shrink C: drive less that 480GB in Disk management on Windows 10.

Hello Lex,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Community. We regret the inconvenience caused and will assist you in resolving the issue.

Before assisting further, I would like to ask you few questions:

a. What happens when you try shrinking
C: drive below 500 GB, do you get any error message/error code?

To create a partition or volume (the two terms are often used interchangeably) on a hard disk, you must be logged in as an administrator, and there must be either unallocated disk space or free space within an extended partition on the hard disk.

The disk space of minimum 4GB and maximum of 8GB should be dedicated to Windows 10 installation files & folders on the drive in which the operating system is installed.

I suggest you to check the possibility of shrinking the drive by 420GB in the Disk management by following the steps below:

Press Windows logo + X keys on the keyboard and select
Disk management from the context menu.

Right click on the C: drive from the window and select
Shrink Volume from the context menu.

Enter 504000 in the Enter the amount of space to shrink in MB box and click on
Shrink.

Right click on the Unallocated drive which was recently created and select
New simple volume.

Follow the on-screen instructions and assign the drive letter from the window.

After the drive letter is assigned and the procedure is complete, right click on the newly created drive and select
Open from the context menu.

Check if the partition is displayed in the File Explorer.

Write to us with the answer to the above questions and the status of the issue on the same
post for further assistance. Your reply is most important for us to ensure we assist you accordingly.

Thank you.
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Hi,

I bought a new laptop with 2TB HDD and able to shrink volume till 560GB and now I cannot shrink below.

I want to keep the OS drive of 150 GB and rest to be unallocated just for creating another volume when required.

Pls do help!!!

Regards,

Krishna

It does not show any error buts just the volume to be shrink is 0

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i bought a new laptop with 2tb hdd and able to shrink volume till 560gb and now i cannot shrink below.i want to keep the os drive of 150 gb and rest to be unallocated just for creating another volume when required.pls do help!!!