Partitioning Surface Pro 3

Anonymous
2014-07-29T02:50:38+00:00

I have a new Surface Pro 3 with Win 8.1 and a 128 GB SSD - love it.  But it's all C:, and I really want to partition it as C, D, E and F drives. However, Paragon's Partition Manager 14, which installed without difficulty, won't let that happen. No matter how I try it will not reduce the size of C:\ to make room for the three other partitions.

Is this a Win 8.1 restriction, or a specific Surface Pro 3 limitation? Or is it inherently not possible to partition an SSD (which I find hard to believe)?  Can someone identify a way to do the partitioning I desire without obliterating the Win 8.1 installation that came on the machine?

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Anonymous
2014-08-02T01:15:43+00:00

Hi Rabnud,

Disk Management is a built-in tool in Windows which enables the users to view and manage the installed drive in their computer and the partitions related with those drives. With the help of Disk Management, you can create partition, format partition, extend partition, shrink partition, delete partition, change drive letter. It nearly satisfies all the demands of the users and is convenient for the users, so it is widely used by the users.

Steps to Partition a hard drive with Windows 8/8.1 Disk Management tool:

  1. Open Windows 8 or 8.1 Disk Management by pressing "Windows + R" and typing "diskmgmt.msc". In the pop-up window, right click on C drive and select "Shrink Volume".
  2. In the pop-up window, enter the amount of space to shrink.
  3. Click "Shrink" and we can preview an unallocated space behind C drive. Then, right click on it and select "New Simple Volume". Follow the on screen directions to complete the process.

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Anonymous
2014-11-04T15:30:54+00:00

Your comment was the solution to a week long intensive "bug hunt" thank you so much!

  1. I downloaded PerfectDisk Professional Trial
  2. hit the down-arrow below the start button
  3. selected "prepare for shrinking"
  4. Happiness!

I just made an account to express my gratitude.

Thank you!

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Anonymous
2015-01-02T06:04:34+00:00

Hi Bohao,

Sorry for the delay in reply.

Your Windows question related to 4K Alignment is more complex than what is typically answered in the Microsoft Answers forums. It is better suited in the TechNet forums. Please post your question in the TechNet forums.

The IT professionals from the TechNet Forums could help you better in this situation.

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/home?category=w8itpro

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T04:45:43+00:00

    Dennis,

    I used diskpart from a command prompt................

    Diskpart

    List Volume

    Select Volume 0    Note:  My Drive C: was Volume 0

    Shrink Querymax

    Max Reclaimable Bites = 240 GB (245846 MB)

    Shrink Desired = 243854    Note:  Size must be MB and 243854 MB is one half my Drive C:

    Create Partition Primary – Enter

    List Volume – Volume 3 Created

    Exit

    Note:    Drive C: now equals 255,698,735,104 bytes or one half original size

    Note:    1.GB = 1024 MB = 1024*1024 KB = 1024*1024*1024 Bytes

    RMM

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-09-24T13:16:17+00:00

    RMM,

    OK, so now that I'm using Diskpart:

    Shrink Querymax returns 240617 MB

    Shrink Desired=240617 returns "Virtual Disk Service error:  The specified shrink size is too big and will cause the volume to be smaller than the minimum volume size"

    Shrink Desired=200000 returns same error

    Could this have anything to do with the Recovery volume that exists?  I noticed you indicated that volume 3 was created but I already have:

    Volume 0    C    Windows    NTFS    471 GB    Boot

    Volume 1          Windows RE    NTFS    350 MB    Hidden

    Volume 2          System    FAT32    200 MB    System

    Volume 3          Recovery im    NTFS    5200 MB    Hidden

    Thanks again for you efforts!

    Dennis

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