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Bootit-BM: 'Resize' action not available-grayed out

01/18/'17

Trying to move Metadata file in C:\ drive
Bootit-BM used. After selecting the partition, the only actions available are, 'Delete' and 'Properties'. The rest, including "Resize" are ALL grayed out and can't be selected!

Any solution?

Your help is very much appreciated.

After that, on my C:\ system drive, I even tried disabling Pagefile-Swapfile, System Restore, hiberfile, and even disabled the kernel memory dump. Then used Bootit-BM. Same result. 'Resize' is still grayed out and not available.

HELP!!

Thanking a lot,
BMS
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It's a very long time ago that I last used BootitBM. But I think it probably doesn't support m$ Dynamic disks, only Basic disks. What OS are you running on the disk? Which partition are you trying to resize? Attach a screenshot of Windows Disk-Management.
Boot-It does not, in fact support dynamic disks.    Dynamic disks should be managed exclusively with Window's Disk Management.
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01/18/'17
OS: Windows 10
System partition C:\
It is Dynamic partition

Basically no solution, short of live with it, or reinstall the WHOLE system and ALL apps?
Thanks for all the help.
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if you right-click on the current Drive C:  in the screenshot do you see an option to "Extend volume" ?

You can't use Boot-it because that only works with Basic NOT Dynamic disks
If this machine ever uses Windows Update then you will quickly run out of space.  I even consider 80GB for a system disk to be a bit on the small sixe
You should also have a "Shrink" option in diskmanagement. But what do you want to do with the resulting unallocated space? If you want to use it for your current "Big-TV" partition, then that won't be straight forward. You'd first have to move that partition to the end of C:, and then resize that. You can't do that with diskmanagement. You'd either have to find a 3rd party tool that works with dynamic disks, or backup your F:, delete F:, then restore F:.
Agree with Rindi =>  I would NOT shrink your system partition anymore than it already is.
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01/18/'17
Thank you all.... for such great help. As you suggest, I'll stick with 80GB partition for system. Great group of experts. Thanks, and I'll do my best to contribute, though I am NO expert!
BMS
No problem

"I'll do my best to contribute, though I am NO expert!"   -  that's how most of us started :)

Finally:
http://support.experts-exchange.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2527982-how-do-i-close-my-question-
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01/19/'17
I would have chosen both solutions as 'Best' if I could. Both are super. Amazing thing is, how both approaches have made it easy and simple. Cudos to you all.
Thanks again.
BMS
is it already resized?