If the laptop has a hidden recovery partition, that will prevent the shrinking of the partition.
The only way to prevent that is wipe out the recovery partition.

it won't prevent shrinking of a disk.
IDK where you get these notions from but I've never had issues shrinking a drive with a recovery partition.

Well I have. The software just throws up an error when you try to do that.


THAT'S where I get "these notions".


/e I've found ways to remove the recovery partition and then shrink the rest. But I have found no software that will do it, with the recovery partition intact.

When I say recovery partition, I mean Factory Restore partition.

This post was edited by Ghot on May 1 2017 01:13pm

Maybe get outside that boxz you put yourself in, theres more then just one piece of software for each task.

I've used them all. The hidden Factory Restore partitions are immovable.
They can be deleted though.

OK Mike , forgot your infallible. I'm out.

Also @op look into mushkins eco 3 drives. cheap and just as good as the samsungs for two thirds the price.

Well, all ya got to do is link a tutorial that "shows" that it's possible.

I don't have to do shit,
Every time the community shows you anything that contridicts your statements its met with nothing but bullshit.
Its not a credible source, they have to say that or else *blah blah blah, sorry but I'm not going down that rabbit hole again.

so this is the mighty Ghot who I am a spitting image of huh

You didn't "show" me jack. Lol