How to remove space from windows for arch?

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While using GParted it caused an error

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Resize in windows

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diskpart doesnt work either

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Then fix it

You need to find out why it can't resize it more than some amount of space, otherwise you'll just end up with corruption

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i stlil hve 391gb free

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yous hould post the error. we can't help fix an error that we don't know the error of.

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Use the gui

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i dont have a screenshot of it

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that one allowed only 291 mb to shrink

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Yes so you need to find what files are blocking the resize

Page cache etc etc

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ohh

where do i find that?

wait it increased to 6561

i didnt change anything

i need 111,616mb

so im nowhere close

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https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/4a05sf/comment/d0yz6ui

To find what is blocking

https://superuser.com/a/1323010

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thanks will check

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... winresize

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#17458 📣 If you cannot shrink the windows partition enough then find what file is blocking the resize
https://superuser.com/a/1323010

Then try
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/4a05sf/comment/d0yz6ui
And remember to undo the changes after resizing, the pagefile.sys is recreated automatically once the relevant option is enabled

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I added a note

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whats that?

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this thing alone doubled it

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... is a command for the bot to print a note

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the superuser one is for a diffierent issue though, since i literally cannot click the button to shrink, so i cant see evert viewer for it

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so where do i use it>?

oh nvm im dumb

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Why not

There should be no reason why it's grayed out for the C partition

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see the size available itself is only 12ooo

12000*

so if i enter a number more than that it wont allow

but the user in the post their size available was larger than what they wanted

but they had another issue

so yeah

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Checked to make sure that just opening that windows doesn't make the event?

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i checked

nothing

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Can't put a larger number in enter the amount of space to shrink than in the size of available?

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no

the moment i do, the leftover space shows as 0, and the ok button greys out

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How about just a bit over the size of available shrink space

BEcause total size after shrink 0

indicates the amount of shrink is bigger than the total size

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but the total size before shrink is literally more than four times what i entered

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Yeah

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let me try

setting it to 12672 (the max given)

gives a correct calculation

but if i set it even ONE higher, it jumps to 0

like it goes from 46k to 0

😭

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Ok shrink to that size first

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ok

its only showing 294 this time

idk why

after re-running, its at 6.5k

it keeps changing

should i still do?

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ohh

ok will try that

but if i take too much out, how do i put the rest back??

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There's also a expand

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ah ok

gonna take ages but ill try

6gb at a time

still 109 gb

after doing it once the free space comes as 0

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Show the whole windows partition manager window

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k wait

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Tried running a defrag?

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yes

did it like 20 times todah

also did a cleanup

disabled hibernation

removed pagefile

any idea what to do?

got this in event after the 6gb shrink though

should i navigate to it?

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Gotta google that file

That's the event we've been looking for

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yay!

according so sources it can disappear after a system reset

is that worth trying?

im genuinely okay with doing it

wont take long

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Ok

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unless theres a better way

oh its part of the NTFS file system

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It can be remove and recreated later

as you probably found out

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ye

so tell me what to do

do i delete?

or move?

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https://superuser.com/a/819976

The second comment in that suggests the removal command is a bit different on win11

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/fsutil-usn#examples

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so tell me which command to use

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the one in the comment

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this?

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i will also need it again later though right?

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Same is in the command and the other answer

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ah ok

thanks

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67112327/deleting-recreating-ntfs-journals-or-how-to-properly-run-the-fsutil-usn-com more info

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ok deleted

checking again

🤞

no its at 12.6gb now

ill do the same thing again and check

this now

is the file more important or the cluster?

is auslogics disk defrag a good app?

people use it to visualize locations of storage

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Then to readd the journal fsutil usn createjournal m=67108864 a=8388608 C:

I checked what size mine was and it's the sizes in the ss

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so i just run this exactly?

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After the necessary resizes are done yup

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ok

so rn how do i shrink more?

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what do i do abt this?

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I think for this some other program has to be used

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oh

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There's resize tools more advanced than the windows built in one

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called?

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Idk what's the best one

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idc abt best, just tell something that gets the job done

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Try a defrag now

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done

checking size again

nope still 0

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Try config https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/contig

contig.exe 'c:\$mft'

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installed it

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this exactly right?

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I don't think it's installed?

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i just installed it

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You have to navigate to the dir its in

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oh

the exe?

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yeah

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and then run it there?

in cmd?

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yeah

administrator prompt

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but the command is exactly the same right?

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yeah

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ok trying

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Try $Mft

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still no

it worked without the single qoutes on 'c:$Mft'

its loadig

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ok

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the one that failed is the BITMAP one though, not the issue causing one

let me try partition again

i got 26 more gigs!!!

still like 60 to go

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lol now the issue is this 😭

the bitmap file

so yeah.....

do i run the same thing again?

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Yeah try

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ran very fast

but failed to open the bitmap file

also i might have to go soon

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Contig.exe -s -v c:\\$mft

The additional \ probably unneded

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https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cannot-shrink-c-partition-due-to-mft-bitmap-error.3822507/ exact same failure here

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hmm

but what do i do next?

i didnt understand what to do from the link

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chkdsk C: /f /r

Then Answer Y

to have it check the system the next time you restart

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ok

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May take some time to do it

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ill only shutdown when i go

so tomorrow ill tell u answer ig

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It'll start it on the next boot

Not shutdown

Chkdsk cannot run because the volume is in use by another
process. Would you like to schedule this volume to be
checked the next time the system restarts? (Y/N) y

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yeah thats why

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Y to this

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done

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not force dismount

Aight

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will restart tmrw morning

its late here

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Ok

Gn

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gn

unrelated question: if i need to reset a pendrive i got gparted on, i can just format it in windows right?

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yeah

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ok

also i restarted cuz bored

and it ran

but like it didnt change anything

still 0 bytes free

[pliant fossil]

have you tried AOMEI Partition assistant

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no

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should i?

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._.

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hello

what do i do?

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Backup your files and try that

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ok

why do i need to backup for the partition assistant?

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https://superuser.com/a/990258

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so AOMEI or perfectdisk?

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Theres also UltraDefrag which is open source

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which one 😭

too many options

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Download UltraDefrag and analyze C

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its paid

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Oh it is

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultradefrag/

Please note, here you can find the latest open source release of UltraDefrag (7.1.4). The most recent UltraDefrag release (12.0.0) can be found on our official website:

oh

Used to be open source

Well download the open source release from the srouceforge

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k

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Idk, it's from 2020 but windows shouldn't have changed much in that time internally

Well just use it to analyze

Won't touch files

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k

done analysing

do i send an ss?

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Yeah

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now what?

😦

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@acoustic remnant you there?

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@pliant fossil so you recommend AOMEI?

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Because resizing is inherently dangerous

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my friend told me moving bitmap isnt possible

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ah ok

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Maybe, maybe not

Maybe the third party resizers can do it

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so what do i do then?

AOMEI/

?

[pliant fossil]

yeah it's always been my go-to for windows

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I've never experienced any issues

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idk how it works

so i just set its size to total minus the amount i want?

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i just need to verify how to do so i dont mess up

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bru the resize options requires money

-_-

im not paying for it

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it doesn't

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it said so for me....

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to resize your windows drive you needa go into preos/preboot mode

aomei does that for you after you tell it to execute

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wahts that?

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send ss

bc its easier to just show

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wtf

press x

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i did

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what's on the right panel

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went here

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1 click adjust space is new

try that maybe

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doesnt work

same thing

needs paid

any other apps?

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easeus maybe

but that's even more likely to be paid

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😭

anything else????

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Minitool partition wizard

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free?

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No, paid /s
Ofc free

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its safe right?

what do i do here???

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its literally paid

exact same thing as AOMEI

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NO WAY

65GB CLEARED ON ITS OWN!

now its $Mft/DATA

finally.....

its done.....

[pliant fossil]

yuh that's legit an AOMEI/EaseUS Inbetween clone

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live boot, open gparted, allocate the free space to arch