Give PartitionMagic a try, if you can. I don't know how it works with
XP, but at least with Windows 2000 It does make wonders ;-). Although
not being free, I think it's an excellent piece of software.
Emil
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003, Eli Billauer wrote:
> Hello all.
>
> I have a nasty problem with my newly bought Presario 2121EA Laptop.
> Well, the problem is really with XP. But on a laptop, a reinstall of XP
> doesn't sound like much fun.
>
> The thingy came with a 18GB hard disk, in one partition of NTFS. I want
> to resize it to 5 GB (this is the Linux context, right?). I can't,
> because there is data stored above the cutting point, even though there
> is plenty of free space. The MS defrag doesn't do this, because there is
> a nice, unfragmented chunk in the middle of the hard disk. It just says,
> "your disk doens't need defragmentation", which I translate to "your
> computer doesn't need Linux".
>
> No piece of the chunk is "unmovable". I've already killed virtual
> memory, hibernation and System backup. It's all plain files out there. I
> think.
>
> I've seen several programs that offer defrag, but all that I've seen are
> merely a front end to the built-in command-line defrag, which gives me
> exactly the same annoying answer. (Haven't checked Norton nor Partition
> Magic yet)
>
> I've tried to move files (copy, rename, delete old), but it seems like
> the chunk I have is the "Windows" directory itself. I think it's because
> the laptop installed itself from the hard disk I'm quite surprised that
> I haven't crashed the system with all this playing.
>
> Does anyone have an idea? Except for my own problem-solving, this is
> expected an issue on insta-parties. People will come with defragged hard
> partitions that you can't resize.
>
> You can tell me to reinstall XP (which I will soon), but that's because
> the computer is fresh.
>
> So, fellows, who knows what to do?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Eli
>
>
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