Shrink volume past 3258MB

Question

I am wondering how I can shrink my C: volume past 3258MB as I have a 1.79TB Harddrive with 1.57TB free, and I would like to install Ubuntu 14.04 alongside Windows 7

How can I go about doing this?

possible duplicate of [How to shrink Windows 7 boot partition with unmovable files](http://superuser.com/questions/88131/how-to-shrink-windows-7-boot-partition-with-unmovable-files), [Can't shrink to available partition volume in Windows](http://superuser.com/questions/781985/cant-shrink-to-available-partition-volume-in-windows) — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Nov 27 '14 at 18:43
@Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 That does not help one bit, so I would appreciate it if you could remove that please. — Connor Wright, Nov 27 '14 at 18:44
You asked how to shrink the partition past a certain size. This is a common problem/question about Windows (as shown by those two possible duplicates). How do they not help? Perhaps edit your question to include what you've tried already, and where exactly you're getting tripped up. — Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007, Nov 27 '14 at 18:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '14 at 18:46

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There is many tools for that like disk management :start menu =>right click on computer => manage
You can also try a demo and desinstall it right after
I recently use
[http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/resize-partition-windows-7.htm]
whith success: i needed to remove space from my linux partiton (because of farcry 4)

answered Nov 27 '14 at 18:46

plombix

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So that will allow me to create a new partition which will allow me to install Ubuntu on it? – Connor Wright Nov 27 '14 at 18:57
Doesn't work, I would appreciate it if you gave me a link to something that was useful and not like $60 – Connor Wright Nov 27 '14 at 19:56
i'd mentioned that _You can also try a demo and desinstall it right after _ sorry if i wasn't clear – plombix Dec 01 '14 at 08:43
It wouldn't let me partition my hard drive without buying it. – Connor Wright Dec 02 '14 at 15:43

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '14 at 22:55

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If you're asking how to shrink your C drive, then you can use Disk Management.

Open Disk Management.

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Right-click on (C:) under Volume, choose Shrink Volume.
Enter the desired size you want to shrink from C: (in MB, 1GB=1024MB).
You should then see a "block" of Unallocated Space of the size you chose (in black) appear underneath.

Note 1: If an error pops up saying Windows cannot shrink past x MB, then refer to Techie's answer.

Note 2: Doesn't Ubuntu require a minimum of 5GB of space?

answered Nov 27 '14 at 22:55

Rsya Studios

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It **requires** 5GB, I can only shrink to around 3.44GB – Connor Wright Dec 02 '14 at 15:42
How do you know you can only shrink it to 3.44 GB? – Rsya Studios Dec 02 '14 at 21:25
It comes up with it. – Connor Wright Dec 05 '14 at 19:04
Then refer to Techie's link. You should have stated that you were unable to shrink past 3.44GB in your question. – Rsya Studios Dec 05 '14 at 20:01
I believe I did? _how I can shrink my C: volume past 3258MB_ – Connor Wright Dec 05 '14 at 20:15
You didn't state that you were *unable* to shrink it past 3GB but *how* to shrink it past 3GB. Then when Techie pointed you in the right direction you said that it didn't help one bit. – Rsya Studios Dec 05 '14 at 20:30
_I am wondering how I can shrink my C: volume past 3258MB_ 3258MB = ~3.3GB – Connor Wright Dec 07 '14 at 08:31
Then why did you say that it didnt help one bit then? (And 3258MB=~3.2GB to be nitpicky) – Rsya Studios Dec 08 '14 at 13:31

Shrink volume past 3258MB

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