Storage issue detected System experiencing hard drive reduction problems
Storage issue detected System experiencing hard drive reduction problems
I'm trying to reduce my hard drive size for dual boot, but I'm seeing a warning that only 49MB is available despite 68% free space. The error message mentions a "defrag" event in the application log, but I'm not sure where to find it.
It's due to the Windows Disk Partition Manager being used. This tool is quite secure and won't alter any data. If your drive looks like this: [[all your files and programs][100GB of free space][this 1byte text file at the edge of your partition/disk]] then unfortunately Disk Part won't relocate that file, making it impossible to reduce your partition size even with the 100GB available. You should consider another disk utility that supports data movement.
My drive size is 499MB healthy. Recovery partition includes 100MB healthy in EFI system partition. Partition details show 465GB healthy (boot, page file, crash dump, basic data). I followed a tutorial using the Windows disk manager and tried disabling hibernation, but it didn’t work. Thanks for the info.
Sorry I don't think I explained myself, I was out when I typed this. Here is a picture of the problem you are facing: Assuming you want to shrink the C:\ drive, you have something like this: Blue if your data (OS, program, images, videos, etc.) White is free space. Red is your problem. Disk Partition tool of Windows will not move that red block. So, all you can shrink is that last white block that you see to the right of the red one. You need to use an alternative disk partition software which support data moving as its partition. Of course, backup your data before using, as data loss can occur. Remember that: HDDs are designed to write data on the next available spot wherever your head of your HDD is currently located. Therefore, you have fragmentation. It doesn't organize data, it just writes where itis, if something is in the way, it splits the data in sections (hence creating fragmentation). SSDs which came later, emulate this, with a mix of the controller spreading the data to evenly use the chips the best it can (but the data fetching is so fast, and can get all segments at once (or just about), fragmentation is not really an issue, like it is for an HDD which has to collect all segments with 1 head, one at a time).