[ubuntu-uk] Dual-Boot Issue

[Liam Proven]

On 2 January 2014 13:45, Nigel Verity <nigelverity at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I dual boot Xubuntu with Windows 7, but use the Windows partition mainly as
> additional storage. I am generally running out of disk space on both Linux
> and Windows partitions. I do have occasional need for Windows, so giving
> that partition entirely over to Linux is not an option.
>
> Does anybody know whether I will still be able to view and access files
> stored in the Windows partition if I compress it using the MS utility built
> into Windows Explorer?


Do you mean NTFS file compression?

I *think* so, but I wouldn't. It kills performance & causes a

More to the point, give your W7 system a really thorough clean out.

Empty:

\WINDOWS\TEMP

... and ...

\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\{all usernames}\APPLICATION DATA\LOCAL SETTINGS\TEMP

(or whatever W7 calls it - \USERS or something.)

Empty all the recycle bins. Empty all the uninstaller files from
C:\WINDOWS (& if you're really keen the log files to go with them, but
*only* those log files! Not sure where W7 keeps uninstallers - Google
is your friend.)

Delete \PAGEFILE.SYS and \HIBERFIL.SYS - they will be recreated next
boot anyway, possibly in less-fragmented form.

That should get you many many gigs back.

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