Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system

Subject	Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system
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From	"186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net>
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Date	2024-12-24 20:12 -0500
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On 12/24/24 3:22 PM, Salvador Mirzo wrote:
> Please followup-To alt.comp.os.windows-10.  (Note this is not just a
> Windows question, but I believe the Windows newsgroup is more
> appropriate: perhaps there are other system's shrinking tool that could
> help me here.  Thanks for any ideas.)
> 
> I'm interested in installing a new operating system.  Haven't decided
> which yet---perhaps FreeBSD, perhaps GNU Guix.  I've got 195 GiB free in
> my c: drive plus 655 MiB unallocated which I was able to get from
> shrinking the c: drive using the Windows 10 Disk Management tool.
> 
>    Disk Management (how my storage looks right now)
>    https://prnt.sc/WZ1fF5S9ARJ1
> 
> Disk Management is not able to shrink more.  It says it has been done
> what it could with those 655 MiB.
> 
>    https://prnt.sc/ez9O5JUVUVXv
> 
> I turned hibernation off, restarted and tried again.  Same thing.
> Looking at the defrag event in the application log, I find:
> 
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
> A volume shrink analysis was initiated on volume (C:). This event log
> entry details information about the last unmovable file that could limit
> the maximum number of reclaimable bytes.
>   
>   Diagnostic details:
>   - The last unmovable file appears to be: \System Volume
>     Information\{fba11b84-afde-11ef-adfe-48684ad40403}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}::$DATA
>   - The last cluster of the file is: 0x76e787e
>   - Shrink potential target (LCN address): 0x466119b
>   - The NTFS file flags are: ---AD
>   - Shrink phase: <analysis>
>   
>   To find more details about this file please use the "fsutil volume
>   querycluster \\?\Volume{f5e639db-a758-4dfa-9804-d5d4d0286fb7}
>   0x76e787e" command.
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
> 
> Using the fsutil command, I get:
> 
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
> C:\Windows\system32>fsutil volume querycluster \\?\Volume{f5e639db-a758-4dfa-9804-d5d4d0286fb7} 0x76e787e
> Cluster 0x00000000076e787e used by ---AD \System Volume
> Information\{fba11b84-afde-11ef-adfe-48684ad40403}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}::$DATA
> --8<-------------------------------------------------------->8---
> 
> Anything else I could try?  I have not tried to use other system's
> shrinking programs.  Could they do a better job?  Perhaps this is not
> the best newsgroup to ask this question.


   Winders can make a kind of a mess out of "C:" with
   'unmovable' files and 'recovery' stuff kinda scattered
   all around.

   If you are using a desktop then just install another
   HDD and use that. Some laptops have a socket for another
   m12 card or similar. "-ix' systems are much smaller than
   Winders, so you don't need a huge second drive.

   Otherwise, if even gparted or the 'Acronis' version
   for your existing HDD won't straighten it out there's
   little choice but to back up, manually format the
   disk with gparted into two distinct partitions and
   re-install Winders. Not terribly attractive ...

   I've wondered if the Win scheme is a subtle form of
   Bill "linux-proofing" PCs  :-)

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Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-24 20:12 -0500
  Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-25 12:08 -0500
    Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-25 19:26 +0100
      Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-25 18:00 -0500
    Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2024-12-25 22:09 -0300
    Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-12-25 21:58 -0500
      Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2024-12-26 07:32 -0500
        Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-26 14:30 +0100
          Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-26 10:48 -0500
            Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-12-26 20:49 +0000
              Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-26 16:53 -0500
            Re: Fwd: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-26 22:06 +0100

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