[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by Noyb

With a basic install of W-7 that's been defragged ...
Why won't it let me shrink the partition to any size any less than 121G ???

According to the pic, if snapshot or page file is enabled on volume, shrink will be restricted.

[~Candy~]

Um, dunno. Never tried that

[Noyb]

I've shut off system restore ... messed with the paging files .. and still stuck with a minimum C drive that's too big in my opinion.
I like all my data in a separate partition.

Normally, I'd make an Acronis Recovery file .. and partition while recovering the C drive.
But using Acronis wont let me recover just one partition .. It's the whole drive or it won't boot.
This is a major recovery problem ... But it may be the self destructing beta that's causing this.

I was just horsing with the resize .. doesn't look like W7 is much better than Vista.
At least the defragg routine is a little better.

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by Noyb

.. doesn't look like W7 is much better than Vista.
At least the defragg routine is a little better.

Not sure what you were expecting, but...
"...Nor does Microsoft know how to title its own applications--this isn't Windows 7, not by any means. It's Windows Vista SP2."
http://www.pcworld.com/article/15697...l?tk=nl_ptxblg

[Noyb]

I wasn't expecting much ... I already knew that W7 didn't fix the two reasons why I hate Vista.

I already have the opinion that this is just a marketing ploy (scam) by M$ where Vista users will have to pay for the next service pack.

[avisitor]

Originally Posted by Noyb

I already have the opinion that this is just a marketing ploy (scam) by M$ where Vista users will have to pay for the next service pack.

That idea has worked quite well for Apple

[JohnWill]

I don't usually even try to tinker with Microsoft's partition management for shrinking/growing partitions, I just fire up Acronis Disk Director.

[Noyb]

Me too .. If I don't want to do it from an Acronis Recovery Image.
I just think M$ should work .. They charge enough for it.

[JohnWill]

I'm also somewhat disappointed in how poorly the built-in partition management works, I would have expected it to be a bit more capable.

[alina.wilson1]

thats perfectly ok, I didn't know that we cant start like this..I thought that it was diffrerent...as I was telling the features which I explored...so I thought of sharing it...My apologisies

[Noyb]

Originally Posted by alina.wilson1

...I was telling the features which I explored...so I thought of sharing it...My apologies

Apologies not needed ... Your opinion is welcome .. Anything else you like about W7 ??

[alina.wilson1]

Actually its similar to Vista..but some problems which we faced in vista are resolved in this version... this time they have launched the right product hopefully.. I personally liked it.. but want to know others opinion ... might be I ve not noticed the other points..which other ppl might have noticed .. I m very much interested in knowing ppl's response to its beta version..

[Noyb]

Originally Posted by alina.wilson1

Actually its similar to Vista..but some problems which we faced in vista are resolved in this version...

What have you noticed that are resolved ??

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by Noyb

What have you noticed that are resolved ??

http://forums.techguy.org/civilized-...ml#post6422334

Post #19

[Noyb]

Relative to the Vista <> W7 Shrink problem .. I just stumbled across this ..
http://www.ghacks.net/2009/01/11/win...lume-problems/

Looks like this might be partly caused by the Vista <> W7 (a.k.a. Fixta) Defrag deficiencies.
Previous picture in post #105
I haven't tried any 3rd party defragers yet - but I configured my system so I could boot to XP.

Using XP .. I analyzed my W7 partition and I couldn’t see why W7 couldn’t shrink very much.
Probably stuff I'm not allowed to see.

Then I defragged the W7 Partition using XP’s Defrag routine.
Then I booted to W7 and was able to shrink it to something more reasonable.

Since this partition had been previously defraged in W7 ...
It looks like a 3rd party defragger is still needed.