Currently, my goal is to shrink the Windows 10 partition on my SSD in order to have an adequate amount of space to dual-boot Linux, though the available shrink space via diskmgmt.msc is incredibly small.
So far, I’ve done the following in an attempt to increase the shrink space, though they haven’t really changed very much:
- Removing
hiberfil.sysandpagefile.sys. - Disabling system restore & kernel memory dump.
- Ran the disk cleanup wizard.
Because of how little it’s done, my current attempts to delete any unmovable files at the end of the partition has involved the following process:
- Attempt to shrink drive via
diskmgmt(which takes ~30 seconds). - go to Windows’ Event Viewer’s “Windows logs” > “Application” log to view the location of unmovable file that was printed as a result of the shrink operation.
- Remove it, or make a copy of the file and delete the original file.
- Repeat back to step 1.
The shrunk space gets marginally smaller after each iteration, though obviously, it’s not really a viable method since there appears to be thousands of small unmovable files all over the drive, and this has to be done each time.
Is there a faster method of viewing and rearranging all the unmovable files to prepare for a shrink, or am I better off finding some different method like using GParted and hoping for the best?
