In Windows 11, you can create multiple partitions on a hard drive. If a hard drive partition has more free space and you want to create a separate partition from that, you can do so by shrinking the ...

When we talk about “drives” labeled C:, D:, and so forth, we’re actually talking about partitions, sections of the physical drive. Every hard drive in use has at least one partition. You can shrink ...

For any partition management work, there are many free third-party tools available, but Windows includes a pretty good Disk Management Tool that should suffice you for most of your disk management ...

Well, I installed Vista SP1, no diff. A 3rd party defragger, Jkdefrag 3.41 helped a bit, saying I could now shrink 41 more gig. Nowhere near enough though.