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| Thread ID: 107227 | 2010-02-09 04:53:00 | Windows 7 partitioning problem | colmack (2939) | Press F1 |
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| 856570 | 2010-02-10 20:24:00 | Check the C drive for a big swap file & or a hiberfile. Switch off Hibernation and reduce the swap file to a custom size, say 200mb. Reboot and then try again. Left to its own devices W7 will make a hidden 1st partition of about 100mb which it calls a system partition, then the 2nd partition which is the 'C' drive. I have 3 computers with W7. One I let setup partition the drive & the other 2 I partitioned with Gparted in the normal way (1 system primary only). They all perform very well so its optional. So, is it the large pagefile that limits the ability to shrink the C: drive? |
linw (53) | ||
| 856571 | 2010-02-11 09:04:00 | A large swap file & hyberfile will take a lot of space. Without these files you could probably shorten the partition. You can re-set the swap file later. I find that a 29g partition is ample for W7 and a lot of software and is easy to back up. If you use Puppy Linux with G'parted you will able to delete these files, but they should delete or resize on rebooting if Hibernation & Swap file are disabled. Make a backup Image of the system before you do this, just incase things go wrong. |
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