I'm trying to create a partition on my SSD to install Fedora Linux, but I'm stuck because Windows 11 won't let me shrink my C drive more than 60GB. I have a Lenovo LOQ laptop that's only 2 months old and running Windows 11 24H2. I've already attempted several fixes like disabling the pagefile, hibernation, and kernel memory dumps, and I've defragged the drive and run disk cleanup. The only files deleted were thumbnails and some internet files. My event log indicates that there's an immovable file in "AppData/Local/Temp/_MEI33722/setuptools/_vendor/importlib_metadata-8.7.1.dist-info:$I30:$INDEX_ALLOCATION."
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How big is your total drive? And how much free space do you have? Generally, files in the temp directory can be deleted without worry. The specific folder you're mentioning is likely a temporary file related to Python installations, so you can safely get rid of it.
Are you sure you need a dual boot setup? Running Linux in a virtual machine could be a more straightforward option. You can use Hyper-V or any other hypervisor that works with Windows 11. Or you could check out Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) if that suits your needs! Here's more on that: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install
Have you tried using a tool like Disk Genius? It often manages to shrink partitions even when Windows can't handle it. It could simplify your partitioning task!
My drive is 512GB with 363GB available. So I can delete that temporary folder and see if it helps with the partitioning?