Win8.1 OS (C:) partition refuses to shrink!

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Rob, I've succeeded.
I downloaded the free version of Minitool Partition Wizard and it worked a treat in shrinking the drive by 50% & healthy rebooting.
EaseUS Partition was another option but after the free demo, you had to pay $39 to get the key to apply the changes.  Fingers crossed
that the free one doesn't come with malware...
Regards
Mike

Hello!

You're welcome. I'm glad you were able to resize your partition. As Dave said, you will have to turn off hiberfil.sys in Windows 8, as it causes problem when trying to access thye Windows 8 partition from Linux. From a Win8 command prompt (Windows key > X > A), type

Code:

powercfg -h off

This will both disable the hibernation file and should gain you some free space on your Windows partition.
I have used EaseUS before, but it's been a whille. I don't remember that they want you to buy it to apply the changes, so perhaps that's something new for them...