-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I used Partition Magic when I did my T30. I have a Window XP Pro and RedHat 8.0 dual boot system. I have 2 - 5GB NTFS partitions, a 10GB fat partition and a 10GB partition used for RedHat. The fat partition is mounted to the RedHat for easily sharing files between systems. At 12:56 6/19/2003 -0500, you wrote: >So I finally got my new laptop ( a Thinkpad R40), and I am trying >to install Debian dual boot along with Windows XP. At the moment >I am having a problem with defragmenting and resizing the XP ntfs >partition. The partition is relatively empty ( ~10 % usage), but >there is a file or cluster of files in the middle of the >partition that XP's defrag tool doesn't move. According to the >defragger these files are normal, contiguous (blue) files not >unmovable (green) files, but I can't figure out how to move them. >Due to these files ntsfresize will only let me free up about half >of this partition, when I would like to free up more. > >At first I thought these files might be mft reserved space, but I >tried filling the disk with empty files, and these files in the >middle did not disappear like mft reserved space is supposed to. > >Also, I don't have installation media for XP, just a recovery >partition, so I can't just re-install XP. > >Any ideas? Does anyone know any tools that would move these >files? > >-- >Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List >(TCLUG) >crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ >Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? >http://faircopyright.org > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list cYa John Don't Give Up. DON'T EVER GIVE UP!!! "Jimmy V" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPvH+ZuQwaC9Diw9SEQKpUQCfQelbq1HGZ26CJ940uiZuDjo1btkAn2LX 5SouYsgg56UqbECAy+5VFBcP =mxfg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list