NTFS Needs a regular defrag just like Fat did. WinXP comes with a really bad
defrag util as part of the system tools. (right click drive > properties >
tools as always). It may fragment abit slower than fat did but it still
fragments alot especially if you install and uninstall alot of stuff. T
Hi there,
Zane Gilmore wrote:
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:57, Chad wrote:
Mandrake 9.2 and later (not sure about 9.1) can do non-destructive resizing of
ntfs you need to defrag in windows then just use the Mandrake tools.
I thought that defragging was reasonably irrelevant on NTFS like ext2/3
be
On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 14:57, Chad wrote:
> Mandrake 9.2 and later (not sure about 9.1) can do non-destructive resizing of
> ntfs you need to defrag in windows then just use the Mandrake tools.
I thought that defragging was reasonably irrelevant on NTFS like ext2/3
because of the way they work.
As Chad said so well, yes. =)
Roger Searle wrote:
Jason, could I clarify: do you mean that Mandrake can do a
non-destructive resizing of an existing partition as part of an
installation?
I'm asking because I have some Mandrake disks here and wanted to put
linux on my laptop too, but am too laz
Roger
Mandrake 9.2 and later (not sure about 9.1) can do non-destructive resizing of
ntfs you need to defrag in windows then just use the Mandrake tools. I've
can't remember any one having a problem with it.
Chad
On Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:36, Roger Searle wrote:
> Jason, could I clarify: do you
Jason, could I clarify: do you mean that Mandrake can do a
non-destructive resizing of an existing partition as part of an
installation?
I'm asking because I have some Mandrake disks here and wanted to put
linux on my laptop too, but am too lazy to set up windows again. I don't
have any windo
