Unable to shrink the vista partition

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• Disk management - unable to reduce the OS partition (C :)

  I am running Vista Home Premium 32-bit.  I'm trying to shrink the partition OS (C :) from my hard drive.  It has 460 GB of space, 268 GB free.  When I opened the Disk Manager and click on shrink volume, it shows 0 free space and on the bottom it says "size of available shrink space can be restricted if snapshots or page files are enabled on the volume."? How can I disable snapshots or pagefiling?

  Thanks Dex...

  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/working-around-Windows-vistas-shrink-volume-inadequacy-problems/

  Read the info on the link above.

  See you soon. Mick Murphy - Microsoft partner

• laptop computer (HDD 320GB) with windows 7-64 bit OS.iam unable to shrink the drive c less than 155 GB

  Hello Sir,

  recently I bought the laptop (320GB hard drive) with windows 7-64 bit OS.iam unable to shrink less than 155 GB c drive please help me. I want to reduce this to 90 GB

  Its also the case that win7 takes only supported 4 basic partitions and you can't mention what Disk Management displays for drive 0.

  And also if a pre-installed version of victory, if you manage to create partitions and at a later date, you will need to use your recovery disks, that may well destroy all created partitions.

  For what reason you want to partition?

• My e-machine computer broke down and I'm unable to access the recovery partition. How can I reinstall my operating system?

  I have an emachines el1200-07w that crashed. It has windows Vista Home Basic. I can not access the recovery partition and emachines has no recovery for this model CD. can someone help me?
  original title: windows vista problem

  Hello

  Some manufacturers have more available Vista recovery disks.

  As happened with eMachines, you may have to try this instead:

  You can also borrow and use a Microsoft Vista DVD, which contains the files for the different editions of Vista (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business and Ultimate) must be installed. The product key on your computer / Laptop box determines what Edition is installed.

  Other manufacturers recovery DVDs are should not be used for this purpose.

  And you need to know the version of 'bit' for Vista, as 32-bit and 64-bit editions come on different DVDs

  See you soon.

  p.s. Here are some reviews of Recovery - Disks.com.

  Beware of who you buy on the Net

  http://www.Yelp.com/biz/recovery-disks-com-Vancouver

• Unable to shrink the VMDK disk file

  I have a Winxp virtual machine, and it was created with a 40 GB SCSI disk, VMWare has recommended.  I used to transfer all kinds of data to and from it, and I noticed that kept virtual disk file becomes larger.

  The Windows file as well as all my personal files are total about 4.7 GB.  But the VMDK file is not less 21,7 GB...

  After that it shrinks normally did not work, I started the machine virtual in Parted Magic and effectively narrowed the entire NTFS partition up to 5 GB - the other 35 showing as empty space.  But still, I tried shrinking and he defragmentation on 7 times, he didn't budge 21,7 GB.  I even tried to make the option "Get ready to shrink" inside Windows itself, using VMWare Tools, which also did nothing...

  I tried in fact to create a new virtual machine identical with a 5 GB drive, then copy the partition through (I had copied on a flashdrive using CloneZilla) - but for some reason, XP does not start if I do that.  Even to make all stages of repair does not fix.

  So could someone please understand why this file on the disc is so obnoxiously huge for a 4.7 GB VM and how can I reduce the VMDK?  I really need keep the hard drive space and it seems really stupid...

  the other 35 showing as space vacuum

  That's the problem. The process of narrowing in VMware Workstation focuses first on the unused space on the partitions, and then shrink the VMDK file. The free space on the disc does contain not more than one partition, it will not be zero. To resolve this problem, you can temporarily create an additional NTFS partition on unused disk space.

  André

• Satellite Pro C660-225: shrink the recovery partition englarge C partition

  When I first came to this product, prior to the opening, I thought that all 500 GB would go to the first partition, but then I saw that the recovery partition has half the 500 GB just for recovery which is unnessecery.

  But I had no problem with it at the time and used the recovery (after the backup to a disk) for ubuntu partition, so I have a dual boot.

  But now I came to realize that the games I download are taking up more room on my C drive. The problem I have is that I can reduce my recovery partition and expand the C drive.

  Does anyone know a work around?

  You will need a 3rd party software to reduce the recovery partition and add the partition of the free space in the existing C.
  I would recommend a freeware tool called Gparted

  But before you start this making, create a recovery disc!
  This is recommended in the case where you would try to put the computer laptop configuration using this disc.

• Qosmio F30-127 is unable to read the Vista upgrade disc

  Hi guys,.

  I have a Toshiba Qosmio F30 (127) with the standard front load Mat * a DVD-RAM (model UJ-846) Player.

  I have for months without any apparent problem burn a variety of CD DVD & (R/RW) and recently received my expected Vista Express Upgrade DVD which I assume adopts the format DVD RAM.

  After the upgrade of the BIOS to v3.4, I successfully installed upgrading startup, but only one of the hard drives (RAID) which has been recognized in my windows session (with the recoil, I would simply have used administrative tools > computer management > disk management) ;-(

  I reinstalled XP using the recovery disks provided original in preparation to retry the Vista upgrade a 2nd time to correct the alleged no recorded 2nd hard drive.

  However, on the startup of XP, the Vista Upgrade DVD doesn't have to be recognized at startup (i) or (ii) in the case of a Windows session, without a visible change in the drive icon to indicate the usual recognition.

  If I try to double click on the drive icon, I get the error message:

  "D:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an i/o device error.

  I have read a number of threads of support which advises: (i) changing some registry keys, which seem to be unnecessary following a procedure of recovering costs of system; (ii) the transfer mode to DMA to PIO on the primary IDE channel in Manager devices, and (iii) the offending disk and IDE/ATAPI controllers Device Manager uninstall followed by a restart of switching. I tried (ii) & (iii) independently several times resulting in Windows Installer automatically the drivers for the hardware newly found followed by a final reboot, but the Enigma DVD persists.

  I tried to install the latest drivers for the DVD RAM driver, including vF103 firmware update in the Toshiba download pages, but the status quo remains.

  Ideas or current symptoms are swinging more and more towards the likely hardware malfunction?

  Thanks for listening...

  For me, it looks like a hardware problem, maybe the lens of the player is not clean or not can not calibrate correctly in the right position

  But try first to remove the drive from Device Manager and restart the laptop.
  The operating system should recognize what it again automatically. If you want to read from this CD, and then try again.

  If she will not change the situation, then I presume that it s a failure of the equipment.

• Unable to see the old partition after reinstalling windows XP

  I got a BSOD error and might not work in safe mode or any mode - so I rebooted my Windows XP - he was asked to create a new partition to NTFS - so I said yes.

  Present on disk 0 - and now I have a clean copy of XP identified as C: - NTFS drive.  I also see a volume that is unmarked and has the FAT 32 file.

  I would like to convert the FAT file NTFS - but need a drive letter assigned to execute the command.  I there a way to recover a drive letter for this partition unamed?

  Run Disk Manager (start > run > diskmgmt.msc), right click on the partition and assign a drive letter.

  A better way, if you do not need the data on the FAT32 partition, is to delete the partition, create a new partition and format it NTFS.

• trying to create an ESXi data store on the local drive.  Configuring the host error: unable to update the disk partition information

  I'm a newbie on ESXi and don't know what it takes to get ESXi correctly partition my drive SATA 500 correctly.

  I will implement a laboratory unit to carry out tests for ESXi and ESXi is not quite correctly the disk partitioning or do not see a good partition in order to create a data store.

  This system was able to correctly identify and configure a data store on a small 80 GB seagate SATA disk, however, this isn't quite enough storage so I swapped the hard drive and tried to re - install ESXi on the new hd.

  I use a USB boot ESXi since and it is launched and configures the card intel pro1000 pci ethernet correctly.  also correctly the id of the cpu and memory.  everything seems fine and he is even able to see the hard drive.

  Here are some screenshots of the process that I go through to make my data store...

  on this photo-sous the column titled 'available' is 'none', also said, under the title 'san identifier' he said 'not applicable' - I guess that's not quite right?

  

  

  

  

  and disappointment - failure?

  

  I tried to go into the bios if there are some settings I need to do to get this hard drive set up... I don't understand enough about ESXi to find out why the drive is not found and configured correctly.  is this a bios problem w / my system or a problem of ESXi?

  pls help!

  You have generally not, but it might be interesting to start with something like a Linux live CD and then using gparted or other to wipe all the top partition information.

• Partition problem, unable to shrink in Vista

  I use Dell inspiron... on my hard drives, I have two partitions drives naming C & D... Player C has windows vista install in it with 223 GB total space... While the D drive is a recovery drive with total space of 10 GB

  The problem here is I'm trying to reduce the volume of drive c... ND this player is allowing me to increase volume until Gbs just 37... while I have 188 GB free on drive C...
  pagefile is limited... shadowdata is limited... always faced with the problem...
  then you can help me make a full 188 GB partition.

  I highly recommend that you invest in the acronis Disk Director software.

  -

  but in the meantime, you can simply move your virtual memory, for example file on the d drive.

  -

  Step 1 - set the current file on drive c to none

  step 2 - create/set a file custom Exchange on the d drive and use the recommended settings provided by windows at the bottom of the virtual memory Control Panel.

• Unable to access the Vista Boot Camp partition.

  I've got Snow Leopard 10.6.2 on an iMac Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz with 4 GB of ram.  My version of Fusion is 2.0.6.  Vista Home Premium (32-bit, of course) is upgraded to SP2.  All I am able to do is a blue screen of death when I try to access my Boot Camp by merge partition.  This senario has never worked for me.  I just use Fusion to access another copy of Windows that I designated merger.  The exact code is available on the attached screenshot.  I am able to access my Boot Camp partition without problems on a restart.  I looked for a specific answer to my problem with no luck.  The only thing I've tried so far is increase the default 512 MB available ram (I think) to about 2 GB.  Please help me to solve my problem.

  Thank you

  Sean

  This gives a test:

  http://KB.VMware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalID=1007351

• Unable to get the drive partition 3 letter

  So, I decided to reformat my Acer Travelmate with Vista Home premium as my operating system. Went to access Acer eManagent (?) in my pc and start from there. After hitting the 'restore' tab, he started doing fitness, or so I think. But for some reason, I found myself in a software to screen a message "failed to get the DriveLetter partiton 3" with an "OK" tab at the bottom. So that the process continues back to this message after clicking on the tab OK. worse, it won't even boot into Windows when I tried to do. I'm always looking for my recovery disk, which I think that I did not or not. The only measure that I did to remedy that, I think would be useful is I took off the battery and press the power for 30 seconds, but nothing helped. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

  Hello

  Contact Acer and ask them to send you to vista recovery disks to reinstall the operating system back as it was when you bought it

  they do it for a nominal cost of $

  https://secure.TX.Acer.com/rcdb/main.aspx?brand=Acer

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  and if you have problems with the process of recovery of manufacturers, contact the manufacturer

  It's their recovery process not microsofts

  http://support.Acer.com/us/en/default.aspx

• Unable to start the Vista computer, constantly shutting down once again

  I have to keep hitting the power button to the screen only lights so that it turns off again, again and again and more... It makes me crazy... It's a repair job shop or something I am doing wrong with a bad implementation... Thanks for any help... Ed McKenna

  * original title - why my screen always goes, black about 3 or 4 seconds after start *.

  Hello

  No saving necessary data and re-installing Windows Vista might be the best option, but here
  are a few others.

  You can save your files by putting the drive in another computer as a 2nd disk (best) or external
  Drive USB enclosure and then backup to removable media such as CD, DVD or other USB drives.
  Of course a real store of the computer or the manufacturer of your system can help to recover the files.

  Or you can use a boot Ubuntu CD to back up data.

  Use Ubuntu Live CD to backup files from your Windows computer dead
  http://www.howtogeek.com/HOWTO/Windows-Vista/use-Ubuntu-Live-CD-to-backup-files-from-your-dead-Windows-computer

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  You can access Mode safe? Repeatedly press F8 as you start? If yes you can try Control Panel - device
  Manager - graphics card - Double click on - driver tab - click on UPDATE driver - then right click
  on devices and UNINSTALL - REBOOT.

  A method to try to get to the desktop (try in normal Windows Mode without failure) is CTRL +.
  ALT + DELETE - Manager tasks and tab process EXPLORER.exe and COMPLETE the PROCESS on this subject - and then
  on the Applications tab - lower right - new task - type in EXPLORER.exe. Safe mode is available by
  repeatedly tapping F8 as you start. CTRL + SHIFT + ESC also begins the Task Manager.

  First check this thread in case it is simple and if not to come back to this thread.

  http://social.answers.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/vistaprograms/thread/50247d5e-0ae0-446c-A1bd-11287fd1478a

  Black screen problems are extremely difficult to repair and all patch is usually on a base hit or miss.
  That there is no information on a black screen as it is on a blue screen just adds to the
  Difficulty. Often using a restore point or Startup Repair will have no effect. You can try a
  Google to see the proposed repairs, whom some have worked however these cover a wide
  field efforts.

  Here's a video of one of them.

  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&q=black+screen+of+death+Vista&btnG=search&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI=G1

  Here's another fix
  http://blogs.PCMag.com/SecurityWatch/2008/12/the_mysterious_black_screen_of.php

  You have a Vista disk? You can try restoring the system to it. If you don't have the disks your
  system manufacturer will sell them at low prices. Or try in safe mode if you can get there.

  How to make a Vista system restore
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/76905-System-Restore-how.html

  You can create a recovery disc or use someone even version (making the system restore it)
  must be bootable).

  How to create a Vista recovery disk
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/141820-create-recovery-disc.html

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  These require the correct Vista discs since you can not start safe mode.

  Try the Startup Repair tool-

  This tells you how to access the System Recovery Options and/or with a Vista disk
  http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/326b756b-1601-435e-99D0-1585439470351033.mspx

  Try recovery options Startup Repair

  How to do a startup repair
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/91467-startup-repair.html

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  Here are a few Google searches where many have found different solutions:

  Vista black screen - check that a 1st
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&source=HP&q=Vista+black+screen&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI=G10

  Vista black screen Solution
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&q=Vista+black+screen+solution&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI

  Vista black screen Fix
  http://www.Google.com/search?hl=en&q=Vista+black+screen+fix&AQ=f&OQ=&AQI

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  If necessary and you can access all ordinary Windows.

  You can try an In-Place Upgrade (hopefully save programs and data) or a repair installation
  (if all goes well, the data records and need to reinstall programs). Be sure to do a good backup or three.

  You can use another DVD that aren't copy protected but you you need to own
  Product key.

  On-site upgrade
  http://vistasupport.MVPs.org/repair_a_vista_installation_using_the_upgrade_option_of_the_vista_dvd.htm

  If nothing works, you can make a repair facility that must save the data but you will need to
  Reinstall the programs. This also requires correct Vista disks especially for OEM versions. You will be
  need to know your product Code.

  This tells you how to access the System Recovery Options and/or a Vista DVD
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-Vista/what-happened-to-the-recovery-console

  How to perform a repair for Vista Installation
  http://www.Vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-Vista.html

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  Another method that works sometimes: at the command prompt, type of Vista startup disk:
  (a line type or copy and paste one line at a time and hit enter - enter a bracket)
  or "BOLD")

  c:

  cd\

  CD c:\Windows\System32\winevt (there is a space between cd and C :)

  Ren LogsOLD Logs (there are spaces between ren and newspapers and Logsold)

  RESTART Windows

  I hope this helps.

• Can I shrink a logical drive and not the extended partition to a bare metal restore to a smaller drive?

  The current configuration is a Dell T310 with a S300 controller, with all locations 4 hot filled with SAS drives.  The operating system is SBS 2008 (2008 Server/Vista), I intend to change the controller of S300 (software) controller, a controller (hardware) H700.  My concern is that the H700 brings readers a little smaller in size.

  The typical arrangement of Dell's diagnosis, followed by a recovery partition partition (E :), followed by the system partition (C :), followed by a partition with a logical volume (d).  If I use Diskpart to shrink the D: 'partition', he let me with free space, not allocated.  Thus, it effectively reduces the logical drive, and the extended partition stays the same size as it was, with no way to reduce it.

  The question is, if I shrink the logical D: drive and not the extended partition and then get backups of the system, I'll be able to a bare metal restore on the smallest virtual disk of the H700?

  That's what I did:
  -Released the S300 controller and 4, 450 GB, 15 000 rpm Cheetah RAID-5
  -Replace the controller H700 and 2, 2 TB 7200 RPM in RAID-1 Constellations

  Results:
  -Eliminates the possibility of falling on a disk space issue when restoring
  -Increased the amount of available disk space.
  M ' left with 2 free hard drive for future expansion bays.

• Do a clean install of Windows Vista 32 8.1; advice on the new partition formats.

  Hi, I'm going to do my clean install of Windows Vista 32 8.1 today.

  Need advice on the size for my new partition (s).

  Currently defined as the partitions:

  Total: free:

  OS (c                          99.7G          11.9G

  Data (D G 111, 14.5 G)

  HP_Recovery (E 12.0 G 1.97 G)

  I am running:

  Laptop HP Pavilion DV9700 Entertainment

  32 Vista Home Premium, SP1

  Basically I want a suitable partition for the new Windows OS 8.1 (more room for restore points).

  And the rest of the data area, I guess, as if I had originally.

  Does anyone have any other ideas, because I start from scratch.

  Hi davisj-oaktree.

  To remove the Vista partition, I included the following two links http://bit.ly/1dWZLLn, and http://cnet.co/1dWZQii. Please check the information on each of these websites.

  Good luck!