Can't create new partition on SSD

[JanesJr]

I cannot create a new partition on a healthy SSD. In Disk Management, when trying to shrink the existing, healthy partition to create unallocated space for the new partition, I receive the Virtual Disk Manager error message, "The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled, or because it has no enabled devices associated with it." The SSD is a Samsung 840 512GB installed to three partitions with Samsung's supplied cloning software under Windows 8 on a new Lenovo T530. The partition I want to shrink is 475GB with plenty of unused space. In setting up the SSD with Samsung's SSD Magician, the system changes I made were only to disable defrag but not "superfetch" (if that's relevant).

 

[Kjwinden]

Is there an error number associated with the message you are getting?

 

[Kjwinden]

Is there an error number associated with the message you are getting?

 

[Kjwinden]

Is there an error number associated with the message you are getting?

 

[JanesJr]

Is there an error number associated with the message you are getting?

No error number, although the text box is labeled Virtual Disk Manager...

 

[Kjwinden]

GOOGLED...its your disk degragger. Look at the first post in the forum here.

http://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/79241-virtual-disk-manager.html

 

[JanesJr]

kjwinden,

this worked perfectly. I'm new to PC discussion forums, thanks for the great initiation!

 

[Kjwinden]

Select my thing as the best answer...people should know that I give at least decent advice sometime.