to minimize the "can't (or maybe won't) be moved clusters, you can try and
set virtual memory to nothing while you run defrag and scandisk, and turn
off your screensaver too
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Randy Kramer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Install error
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:48:51 -0400
> Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Randy,
>
> Those 'can't be moved' clusters always gave me trouble when I attempted
> skrinking.
>
> For the past few Linux installs where dual-booting was going to be used,
> I found it a better option to remove and reinstall Windows into it's own
> part of the first harddisk.
>
> I realise that this option is a problem if you have 'valuable' data in
> the windows partition but I suggest it will give you a great deal less
> hassle.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
>
> > 1. Sometimes when I defrag a Windows partition there are clusters that
> > "can't be moved" in various locations throughout the partition -- can
> > "resize" move those while shrinking?
> >
> > 2. Does reshrink give any warning before it reshrinks if the size you
> > ask for requires moving the "can't be moved" clusters?
> >
> > 3. Does resize even attempt to move clusters, or does it just shrink
> by
> > the amount of emtpy space at the end of the partition?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Randy Kramer
> >
> > Charles A Edwards wrote:
> > > 1)Run both ScanDisk and Defrag on your drive before you begin the
> > > installation
> > > 2)Run the installation in Expert mode.
> > > 3)At the partitioning stage of the installation click on your
> Windows
> > > partition and select the resize option and resize it by the amount
> of space
> > > you wish to alow for linux.
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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