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| From | Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | shrink drive c: to install a new operating system |
| Followup-To | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Date | 2024-12-24 17:22 -0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87r05wvnj2.fsf@example.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Followups directed to: alt.comp.os.windows-10
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.
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shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2024-12-24 17:22 -0300
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-12-24 15:47 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Salvador Mirzo <smirzo@example.com> - 2024-12-24 18:05 -0300
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-12-24 17:21 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-25 03:44 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-25 15:24 +0100
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-25 12:31 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-12-25 19:32 +0100
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Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2024-12-24 16:40 -0600
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2024-12-24 17:45 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-12-25 03:07 -0500
Re: shrink drive c: to install a new operating system Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-12-24 21:43 +0000
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