Windows 10: Why I can’t shrink my C: drive more than 7 GB

Discus and support Why I can’t shrink my C: drive more than 7 GB in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I have a laptop that is using a hard disk drive and I want to dual boot windows and Linux .I have 410 GB of free storage on my drive but I can’t shrink... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Luca 25702, May 13, 2025.

  1. LUCA 25702
    Luca 25702 Win User

    Why I can’t shrink my C: drive more than 7 GB


    I have a laptop that is using a hard disk drive and I want to dual boot windows and Linux .I have 410 GB of free storage on my drive but I can’t shrink it more than 7 GB .I already tried to defragment the drive but nothing happened. I Analyzed it whit cmd and it says that my drive it is 17% defragmented .What should I do?

    :)
     
    Luca 25702, May 13, 2025
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  2. NJNBAT
    NjnBat Win User

    Unable to shrink the C drive beyond 455 GB

    I was trying to partition my 1 TB hard drive in new windows 10 laptop from HP by using disk management tool . I would like to keep the following partition sizes:

    C Drive : 200 GB

    D Drive : 400 GB

    E Drive : 300 GB

    However I am unable to proceed as the shrink cannot be beyond 50% and it doesn't allow Volume C to be less than 455 GB.

    Will I be able to successfully shrink it to 200 GB in c drive and does it have any disadvantages doing so?
     
    NjnBat, May 13, 2025
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  3. ARVINDNASIT
    arvindnasit Win User
    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?


    Why I can’t shrink my C: drive more than 7 GB e719d95e-d7b1-403e-be52-791dce207638.png
     
    arvindnasit, May 13, 2025
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  4. ANJANEYAH
    AnjaneyaH Win User

    Why I can’t shrink my C: drive more than 7 GB

    Shrinking of C Drive is Not possible

    windows 8.1

    i have total space of around 220 Gb in C drive which i would like to reduce and transfer the space to other drive. when i tried the 'Shrink' option, it showed available shrink of around 5Gb which reduced the C drive to 215 Gb.

    How to further REDUCE the volume in C drive and Transfer the space to Other Drives?

    Help me out.
     
    AnjaneyaH, May 13, 2025
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