Can't shrink volume"Access Denied"

[Ed H]

Can't shrink volume (have done it before) "Access Denied." I'm an
administrator. The query shows I can shrink 100,000 mb's.
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Windows Vista Home Premium 64-BIT SP1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
4.00 GB RAM
300 GB HDD

 

[Roberto le Cornielle]

Can't shrink volume (have done it before) "Access Denied." I'm an
administrator. The query shows I can shrink 100,000 mb's.
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Windows Vista Home Premium 64-BIT SP1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
4.00 GB RAM
300 GB HDD

D/L Bootit from TeraByte, it will do much more than shrink volumes
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/index.htm

rgds
Roberto

 

[Spikey]

Can't shrink volume (have done it before) "Access Denied." I'm an
administrator. The query shows I can shrink 100,000 mb's.
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Windows Vista Home Premium 64-BIT SP1
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T5550 @ 1.83GHz
4.00 GB RAM
300 GB HDD

I think User Account Control needs to be turned off.

 

[+Bob+]

I think User Account Control needs to be turned off.

And then you most likely have to take ownership of the drive and it's
folders.