[Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space

[Dr Chris Owens]

Julian

    Many thanks for this offer. I shall be interested to see if your copy of
PM can do better than Mandrake in freeing up enough space to run Mandrake
10.0 at
level 4 and I will try and get my freshly  'defragged' laptop along to
Shobdon on Thursday so we can see how it goes.

    The only thing I have learnt in the last days is that not all 'immovable
clusters' are immmovable its just that MS Defrag says they are. It seems
different defrag tools vary considerably in the amount they can/will move.
While I gather some files should never be moved but it seems very odd that
these should be placed at the end of a windows partition. I suspect these
data that are a nuisance in this context can probably be moved OK with the
right tool but it could be a bit hairy.

Looking forward to meeting everyone

Chris O (Tenbury)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Julian Robbins" <joolsr at fastmail.fm>
To: "County of Herefordshire Linux Users Group."
<herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space


> On Sunday 05 Sep 2004 15:50, Dr Chris Owens wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > seems to do with reclaiming enough contiguous space from the Windows
> > Partition where it seems there is 20GB free but peppered with immovable
> > data blocks.
>
> > visual display of used and partly used cluster blocks in Windows Drefrag
> > and Ontrack Jetfrag displays show about 10 scattered 'partly used'
blocks
> > most of them seemingly near the end of the windows partition and in both
> > programs these are depicted as 'Data that will not be moved' . Sure
enough
> > they are not moved - its just as though Windows has ring-fenced about
20GB
> > for itself by scattering around a few immovable obstacles.
> >
> >     Is there a way out of this? Can or should these clusters be moved or
> > deleted, if so how  and is there any way that a binary listing could
help
> > to clarify what they contain and whether it would be safe to delete
them.
>
> I've heard of this before, but not sure of any real answers to help. I
think
> you are correct in your reasoning - MS grabbing too much space along the
way.
> Have you tried Partition Magic ? That would probably do a better job of
> shrinking your windows partition than the Mandrake installer which is
> reasonable but can get stuck like this on occasion.
>
> I have a copy of Partition Magic 8.0 if you want to borrow it if you can
make
> it to the next mtg.
>
> The plan would be to repartition the drive with PT, then set mandarke
installs
> going. You could bring along your pc if its a laptop to the meeting - i'm
> happy to help. I believe we have power and possibly even an internet
> connection.
>
> Otherwise try a web forum, and mandrake club forums ( not sure if you have
to
> be a member for this tho). There are lots of other free ones around the
web
> though.
>
> Julian Robbins
>
> >
> >     Any suggestions more than welcome
> >
> >     Many thanks
> >
> >     Chris Owens (Tenbury Wells)
> >
> >
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