Hi jeffpenn,

You will need to disable the acceleration from the Intel Rapid Storage Technology application, if your system has mSATA drive configured and check if the partitioning process works properly again.

Please let me know about your findings.

Hi Rajath, thanks for the quick reply

the acceleration is already disabled

The spec is

• XPS 15 - L521x

• Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-3230M (2.60GHz, 3MB cache)

• Windows® 8

• 8 GB Dual Channel DDR3 1600MHz Memory (2 DIMMs)

• 1 TB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

• 32GB mSATA3 SSD for Mini card Slots

• 8X DVD+/-RW Drive Slot Load

• Display : 15.6 Inch Full High Definition (1080p) True Life WLED Display and Skype-Certified Hi-Def Webcam

• Back Up Media Not Included

• Windows® 8 64bit (English)

• Wireless : Killer Wireless-N 1202 Card

• Battery : Primary 9-cell 65W/HR

• Internal Backlit Keyboard

• Palmrest

BIOS UEFI, I tried AHCI and no difference, I also tried Legacy, but Win 8 does not boot

Still get action aborted when trying to resize

I am using easeus partition master 9

Regards

Jeff

Hi Jeff,

Thank you for your reply and for providing an update on the status. You can try formatting the mSATA SSD and try running the Easeus Partition Master 9. I suggest you to create a Recovery Disk using Dell Backup and Recovery, before modifying the partitions.

You may also want to check if the partition master software is compatible with Windows 8 and let me know about your findings.