"Querying volume for available shrink space" does not

I tried to create an empty partition on my 500 GB drive C (which I still have more than 350 GB free) to be able to dual boot another OS next to my already installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit, but I encountered a problem from the beginning. While trying to shrink the space on drive C for the partition, the computer management hangs on 'Volume mark for available shrink space' for about a minute, and then said computer management "not responding". I have retried several times, and I still have the same result. I tried running "sfc/scannow" as administrator CMD, but there is no problems found. Afterwards, I checked errors on drive C, but the result is always the same. I don't know how to go further with this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated...

Here are a few options:

  • Use a third-party disk manager, or a commercial (e.g. Acronis DiskDirector) or one that is free.
  • Use diskpart.exe in a command prompt if you are comfortable to work at this level. It might give you a more explicit feedback. Here is what you would see:

d:\>Diskpart
Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: ACORN

DISKPART > select disk 0
Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART > detail disk
Crucial_CT512MX100SSD1 ATA Device
. . .
Volume # Ltr Label Fs Type size status Info
----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
Healthy Volume 1 c System NTFS Partition 68 GB system
Sound data 2 D NTFS Partition 97 GB Pagefile volume
Volume 3 e drivers NTFS Partition 310 GB healthy

DISKPART > select partition 3
Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART > retractable help

(read the help text)

DISKPART > shrink Desired = Minimum 150 = 100

DISKPART > exit

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