Disk manager bug?

I installed Vista on a 500 Gb hard drive with one partition. After the
install I used disk manger to resize the partition so I could use the
space left to create another partition.

The smallest partition I could resize to was 300 Gb. Disk Manager said
it needed the space for system files. I only have about 27 Gb in use
on the hard drive.

This seems like a bug to me. Can any one shed some light on this?

Andy

The built-in shrink utility will be able to decrease the partition size till
it bumps against the first unmovable/locked system file.

If you want to decrease the partition further you will need a 3rd party Disk
Management tool. I use Acronis Disk Director suite. The latest posted
version is 100% Vista compatible. After installing the program, create the
emergency CD. Reboot the computer and boot up with this CD. Do your
partition work from there. You will not be hampered with locked files.


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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User


<atodzia@cox.net> wrote in message
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>I installed Vista on a 500 Gb hard drive with one partition. After the
> install I used disk manger to resize the partition so I could use the
> space left to create another partition.
>
> The smallest partition I could resize to was 300 Gb. Disk Manager said
> it needed the space for system files. I only have about 27 Gb in use
> on the hard drive.
>
> This seems like a bug to me. Can any one shed some light on this?
>
> Andy

Thanks.

On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 04:13:13 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote:

>The built-in shrink utility will be able to decrease the partition size till
>it bumps against the first unmovable/locked system file.
>
>If you want to decrease the partition further you will need a 3rd party Disk
>Management tool. I use Acronis Disk Director suite. The latest posted
>version is 100% Vista compatible. After installing the program, create the
>emergency CD. Reboot the computer and boot up with this CD. Do your
>partition work from there. You will not be hampered with locked files.