No further ideas from anybody here?
On 1/17/08, Chetan S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 17, 2008 10:38 AM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know, but my question is as follows: > > > > it is a given that windows will not consolidate free space. Now, does > > Gparted magically work around this limitation when shrinking the NTFS > > partition without affecting the used portion? > > When you see its interface, you get a bar for the partition showing > > used and unused portions with different colours. Apparently, I can > > resize the partition by resizing the bar to take lesser unused space. > > Will doing this only affect the unused space, which according to NTFS > > is non-contiguous? > > It seems a bit counter-intuitive to me. > > > > I have to claim incomplete information here. However the process does > involve re-indexing the tables. I don't know if the truncation of > files is smart at all. > > I have encountered a situation were the underlying ntfs tools crapped > on me saying that the partition would need a check / defrag via > windows. > > Since then I've used windows to check their own problems and fix them > too before resizing the parts. > > > regards, > C > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
