Turn off Volume Shadow Copy and Hibernate. Unless needed, I would
turn off System Restore also. The built-in defrag cannot move MFT type
data. I would download the trial version of Perfect Disk 8.0. Do both a
Offline and GUI based defrag. Then retry Diskmgmt.Msc to shrink the
volume. This type of operation is always risky, so I'd take a Image of
the volume in it's current state - Things can and do go wrong as PCs have
a wicked sense of humor.

Perfect Disk 8.0 Trial version sign-up here:
http://www.raxco.com/products/downlo...0_download.cfm

"TheMadPoster" <TheMadPoster@DragonNote.net> wrote in message
news:ef8KtUaVHHA.4668@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I did find that solution online in a forum somewhere so I tried it, with no
>luck. I am at wits end with this thing.
>
> ~Andy
>
> "Jane C" <jellybean@NOSPAMxjgarage.org> wrote in message
> news:94A15AC0-2C7D-4E89-BBD5-9DB32E4D1F09@microsoft.com...
>> Did you defrag the drive before shrinking? There may be system files
>> that are fixed in place on the disk - if they can't be moved, then that
>> will limit the available shrink space.
>>
>> --
>> Jane, not plain 64 bit enabled :-)
>> Batteries not included. Braincell on vacation ;-)
>> "TheMadPoster" <TheMadPoster@DragonNote.net> wrote in message
>> news:%23BewuHXVHHA.4188@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I have a 74 gig drive with 53gigs free. Vista Home Premium installed. I
>>>was allowed to shrink to shrink the partition once, freeing up 1.4 gigs..
>>>I want to dual boot to 64bit Vista so I need to free about 20gigs to
>>>install 64bit. It keeps telling me that if snapshots (?) and Paging
>>>files are stored on the drive that I am trying to partition it will
>>>reduce the size that I am allowed to shrink. Well I have no idea what
>>>snapshots are... System Restore is OFF, and my virtual memory is set to
>>>1.53 gigs. My recycle bin is set to 500megs, and IE7's cache is set to
>>>1meg.
>>>
>>> So...wtf? I have searched all over the net to find an answer. So here I
>>> am... Anyone know how I can repartition my drive??
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> ~Andy
>>
>