I'm planning on installing ubuntu to my laptop by first using the
Knoppix partitioning utility. I'm currently using XP Home's defrag
utility to get the drive into shape. I've managed to free up about 2/3
of the 40G drive, and defragged to get a nice big empty space. EXCEPT!
Except that right in the middle of that space is a swath which
sometimes appears as green (unmovable) and sometimes as blue
(contiguous).<br>
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I've set the swap file to 0, rebooted, run defrag from safe mode - this makes no difference. The thing won't budge.<br>
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Any ideas what this area is, what I can do? <br>
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I'm assuming this will seriously affect my ability to create a non-xp partition. Is this assumption correct? <br>