Rapid Start Tech Setup Problem

[mattspeer01]

I am trying to install Intel Rapid Start Technology software on my Win 8 64-bit desktop and am having an issue with partitioning my SSD. I run diskpart.exe from the command prompt and my SSD, HDD, and backup HDD all show up, however all three of them show no free space on them, which is absolutely not the case. This means it won't allow me to partition my SSD for the hibernation drive for RST. Is there a reason why all three drives would show up as having no free space? I need a 16 GB partition on the SSD and it has 50 GB free, but shows zero in diskpart.

 

[mattspeer01]

Bump. No one has seen this before?

 

[Fardringle]

You don't have any unpartitioned (not just empty, but not used at all) space that the program can use to make a new partition.

Use something like gParted or Partition Magic to reduce the size of an existing partition and make some unpartitioned space available for the Intel utility to use. I recommend making a backup of your important files (or even an image of the whole drive) before changing partition sizes, just in case something goes wrong during the process.