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Hey guys I run a 96gb ssd which gives me bout 89gb or so to use.
I have windows 7 on. I use another normal hdd to store games etc. I have about 50gb on my ssd left. I wanted to shrink the drive to dual boot windows 8 but when I tried to shrink it under disk manager it only let me shrink it 700mb out of the 50gb I still have free? Does this sound right? I need at least 20gb for windows 8? I don't wanna run windows 8 in a virtual environment. Want to dual boot... any way around this?
Thanks
 
Jab said:
Did you move data from the back of the drive with a defrag type app?
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Thanks for the reply Jab but I'm not sure what u mean? I don't defrag the ssd at all.
 
It seems Windows 7 do that automatically but...

When you shrink a partition, ordinary files on the selected partition area are automatically moved to an earlier part of the partition to create new contiguous Unallocated space at the end where the new partition(s) can be created. For some users shrinking the Windows 7 or Vista partition will be very simple - just right-click the volume in Disk Management, select Shrink, enter the amount to shrink by, show a little patience and then you have exactly what you wanted. This scenario occurs when there are no unmovable files towards the end of the partition.

For many users those unmovable files will stop the shrinking process far too soon or may even prevent it starting. The unmovable culprits virtual memory (paging file) and hibernation can be stopped beforehand and restarted later. So can the unmovable VSS shadow copy by turning off Restore Points. Another major culprit is the Master File Table (MFT) which can be anywhere on the disk (even at the very end of it!) and this cannot, and must not, be switched off even temporarily. Disk Defragmentation will not touch any files marked as unmovable.
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http://thpc.info/how/shrink_partition_in_windows_7_vista.html

They suggest using a defragment app like PerfectDisk to move the unmovable files.
 
Jab said:
It seems Windows 7 do that automatically but...



http://thpc.info/how/shrink_partition_in_windows_7_vista.html

They suggest using a defragment app like PerfectDisk to move the unmovable files.
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There's a similar tutorial here, just go straight to Step 6.

If you have an unmovable file anywhere in your free space, and you try to shrink the disk past the location of your unmovable file, it won't let you shrink.

Download the trial of PerfectDisk Pro here
 
Can I dual boot windows 7 and windows 8 on 2 separate hard drives?
Is it as easy as booting into windows setup then choosing the 2nd drive for windows 8 format then install?
 
+1 for PerfectDisk - it will do what you need, enabling you to allocate the space as required on the SSD
 
FlatspinZA said:
There's a similar tutorial here, just go straight to Step 6.

If you have an unmovable file anywhere in your free space, and you try to shrink the disk past the location of your unmovable file, it won't let you shrink.

Download the trial of PerfectDisk Pro here
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Thanks. I will give it a go and follow step 6 in the tutorial.
 
Thanks

This worked 100% but I get a black screen during windows 8 installation after 1st reboot.
Seems to be a problem with some amd graphics card or something.
No one has really fixed it.
Gonna try as a virtual os :(
 
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