SOLVED Help partitioning a hard drive.

[sethm1]

Have Win 7 64 Bit Home Prem.
I have an SSD which C Drive
I have HD which is my Back up drive on Drive E.
I want to split E into two partitions - E & F.
F "drive" would be where my C drive Libraries would end up - eventually.

Heres what I did:
Opened Disk Mgmt.
Rt clicked on my Drive (E), chose Shrink volume, but I got an error msg saying that it is either disabled OR has no associated devices attached to it.
I then did a Rt click on the E drive and saw an option (which I now regret as can go back to its previous state) "Make Partition as Active"
Then tried the Shrink Volume again - but same error and now I can not go back to "Make Partiction as not Active."

So how do I fix my problem?

 

[yodap]

Download the free "home" version of http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html
and see if you can do more with it.
Download is from CNET so use caution when installing. (Opt out of toolbars and such.)

 

[sethm1]

Thanks the tool worked.
Split my E drive into Two partitions - now have an E & an F.

I had seen a trick that suggested the culprit may be that my Disk Defrag was stopped in Windows Services - well it is because the C drive is an SSD.

Only issue is that my Carbonite Info Center said my (E) drive was disconnected.
After a reboot that Alert did not show. Plus I do see Orange & Green circles next to Folders in my E Drive.

 

[yodap]

Plus I do see Orange & Green circles next to Folders in my E Drive.

That's strange, can you post a screenshot of it?

 

[sethm1]

Do not have access to the screen shot.
Though last night sent it to Carbonite Tech Support - for their input.

Hoping the re-boot of the PC 'fixed' it.

(or are you asking for a screen shot of the circles? - thats the Carbonite telling me which is pinned for a back up (orange) and green (already backed up to their server).

 

[yodap]

Yep thanks for clarifying.