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I'm trying to shrink my C: partition, and I'm following the advice in this question:

How to shrink Windows 7 boot partition with unmovable files

I have the same problem of unmovable files, and I've disabled already System Restore, Pagination, Hibernation... and still can't shrink anything my 350GB C: partition that actually only uses 80GB.

I'm following the Event Viewer method explained in that question, I use the shrink option in the Partition Manager and then check the Event Viewer -> event 259.

That event throws this message:

Diagnostic details:

  • The last unmovable file appears to be: \Users\Albert\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows \Temporary Internet Files\0AYu0utzFxpSlQ:cJa3UJYivVxT5eSKOsolvCA:$DATA
  • The last cluster of the file is: 0x56f8b5b
  • Shrink potential target (LCN address): 0x159fe49
  • The NTFS file flags are: ----D
  • Shrink phase:

The problem is that when I go to that folder (Temporary Internet Files) there's nothing there (I already deleted them from IE), but I have the folder options to show all hidden and system files.

Is it a super invisible file? If not, why do I get that message in the event viewer?

Any help would be much appreciated!

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  • try unplugging your internet connection and restarting to make sure no programs attempt to build new temporary files.
    – Jeremy W
    Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 0:38
  • along with Jeremy's suggestion, perform a clean boot and then shrink while clean booted....logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/228/~/…
    – Moab
    Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 0:47
  • to Jeremy and @Moab thank you for your suggestions, I've tried both things without any success. When performing a clean boot, I can't perform a shrink command, I get an error. First it said that the Virtual Disk Service wan't available. I performed another clean boot activating that service, but when doing "shrink" I would get another error that the device is not available or something like that... any other thing I can try?
    – Albert
    Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 1:23
  • Good link there showing possible ramifications of shrinking, so i do not have to mention having a backup. I find that it is a waste of time to try and unlock, unhide, and defrag to be able to shift a partition around. Acronis disk director, and Easeus home version, will do these moves at boot before the files are locked. There can be files that are just wrong :-) charachters that basically cause failure, there are even protection schemes that I have seen purposfully create a corrupt filename to lock the file. There are files that the system simply will not show. Defrag at boot, move at boot
    – Psycogeek
    Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 2:04
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    Do not use Explorer to view system files - it lies endlessly. Use "dir" with the -force parameter in powershell, or the equiv. in cmd.exe. You may be surprised. Ditto using a boot-time app to move stuff as necessary. Some defrag apps can "compactify" the file system that way, then you can use Disk Manager to shrink.
    – kreemoweet
    Commented Apr 4, 2012 at 2:17

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I finally decided to forget about the Windows Partition Manager and go with EaseUs, and everything went actually really smooth and now I have my shrinked system partition and used the extra space to install Linux Mint 12. I have both on a dual boot and everything seems to work fine so far.

Thank you very much to all the people who gave me some advice, it was really helpful!

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