Windows 10: Server 2019 - Cannot shrink a volume beyond the point where unmovable files are located

Apparently the steps for disabling System Protection are not valid on Server 2019. I have performed the first two steps successfully, but method 3 does not work on 2019. Is there a way to disable System Protection so I can successfully shrink my C drive beyond 50%..?? I still get that cannot shrink where unmovable files are located error. I have 2.2 TB I need to shrink and allocate to D drive. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/my-disk-drive-is-not-shrink-beyond-the-point/b2108d53-fc52-420a-bf8c-33594372660c Please help

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my disk drive is not shrink beyond the point

You cannot shrink Unmovable files via disk management, but you can directly directly

shrink partition with unmovable filesby AOMEI Partition Assistant. It is a freeware for Windows 10/8/7 that can easily shrink a volume or partition beyond the point where the unmovable files are located without the need to manually disable the unmovable
files.

 

Volume not shrinking due to an unmovable file

My laptop has 512GB SSD.

I want to shrink my C: drive. It has over 300GB free but I can only shrink upto 91,508 MB .

I have disabled system restore, hibernation and stopped page files from being created.

I checked the Application logs to see which file caused defrag problem.

I found the following message:

A volume shrink analysis was initiated on volume OS (C. This event log entry details information about the last unmovable file that could limit the maximum number of reclaimable bytes.



Diagnostic details:

- The last unmovable file appears to be: \$BitMap::$DATA

- The last cluster of the file is: 0x60a7b18

- Shrink potential target (LCN address): 0x21454a5

- The NTFS file flags are: -S--D

- Shrink phase: <analysis>



To find more details about this file please use the "fsutil volume querycluster \\?\Volume{62147c07-bba4-4973-a1f1-cd242309a4ec} 0x60a7b18" command.

I don't know where to find \$BitMAp::$DATA so that I can try to move it if not delete.

Please tell me what to do to get atleast 170Gb out of C: Drive.

 

unmovable files while shrinking

hi

im trying to shrink my c drive but because of unmovable files i cant shrink beyond 6GB i have already disabled page files, hibernation and system restore and did the cleanup but still i cant go beyond 6GB.thank you.