Windows 10: Unable to shrink a partition

I have a new SSD and am trying to install Windows Home from a USB drive. I can see in Disk Management several partitions that Windows created, but Windows fails to install due to error 0x8007025D. One suggestion from Microsoft is to reduce the partition to 125GB currently 1875GB and try again. When I try to shrink the partition in Disk Management, I get an error that "Bitlocker Drive Encryption cannot be used because critical Bitlocker system files are missing or corrupted." I currently have the SSD connected to a Win10 Home laptop via USB-SATA cable. If Bitlocker isn't available to Win

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undo partition shrink

Hi,

If you accidentally shrink the volume of your SSD partition, there is an option to extend the volume as well. To extend the volume of your SSD partition, follow the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X on your keyboard and select Disk Management.
• Right-click the partition that you want to expand and click Extend Volume.
• Select the amount of space that you want to extend.

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undo partition shrink

Hi, disk management has limitations on the size of shrinking partition. Also extending partition with Disk Management, you must have unallocated space next to the partition which you need to expand. Otherwise, the button is grayed out.

I suggest you use a third party free disk partition manager to help you to
extend the partition.

 

Shrink a partition

Shrinking partition won't delete any data. It will give you the unused space only.