Shrink Windows partition to permit a UBUNTU partition

[Karl Larsen]

Mark Haney wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>>> Nils
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>>     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
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>>     
>
> 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'.
>
>   
    I was not aware of Norton's effort. I use the the one shipped with 
XP and it takes hours but it works great.

Karl


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