Shrink Windows partition to permit a UBUNTU partition

[Mark Haney]

Karl Larsen wrote:

>> Nils
>>
>>   
>     I do not hear the requirement to defrag the hard drive voiced often. 
> I think it is critical to do that first. My Wife's XP gets defrag'ed 
> every time she complains her computer is too slow :-)
> 
> Karl
> 
> 

In this case defragmentation is only useful if you are going to resize 
the partition /and/ you aren't using something like Norton Utilities (or 
similar) that 'optimize' your hard drive based on most frequently used 
apps being situated at the best spot on the drive for fastest loading.

You want to defragment the partition in such as way as to make all the 
data be toward the front of the partition (logically speaking) if you 
plan on shrinking the partition from the back.  The standard windows 
defragmenter is perfect for this.

Just thought I'd warn you.  I have seen a couple of bombed partitions 
because of Norton Utilities 'optimizations'.

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