[Herefordshire] - Reclaiming Partition Space

[Julian Robbins]

Chris

The other things I would suggest is to delete everything that you don't want 
or need anymore on your laptop - bit obvious I know, but its amazing what 
gets stored in user profiles, temp files, temp internet files etc, etc.

XP has a useful tool to save space, that would be a start. If you have several 
user profiles that aren't used very often you can delete those too. Also 
C:/WINNT/system32/temp holds a lots of temporary guff which is rarely used.

As they always say - be careful ! Equally, you may find that your defragging 
will go more smoothly after this.

Don't forget to empty the Recycle bin too!

Julian

On Sunday 12 Sep 2004 14:06, Dr Chris Owens wrote:
> 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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