Quoth Piscium <[email protected]>: > There is possibly a way to shrink further. You would need to move files to > the beginning of the disk before resizing. You could try Mydefrag > (www.mydefrag.com).
Thanks for the tip. I did try defragging first (using Windows' own defragger) but this being a brand new laptop there was no defragged space to be gained. > You could after installing the tool reboot your PC, press the F8 key to go > into Safe Mode, then run Mydefrag with the Data Monthly script. This may take > a few hours to run as in safe mode disk caching is disabled. Hmm... I don't like the sound of the words 'a few hours' :) > The reason for the safe mode is that less Windows services will be in use, so > the corresponding DLLs can be moved about. I see. > You may further temporarily disable Windows hibernation and paging, reboot, > and then re-enable them after defragmentation. This will cause the paging and > hibernation files to hopefully be moved nearer the beginning of the > disk. PageDefrag can also be used for some files: > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/sysinternals/bb897426 > > After all the defragging above then you can again try to resize, hopefully > you will get more free space. Hmm... thanks for the info but it all sounds like too much work for me at this stage. I'll try creating a live CD of Partition Wizard's MiniTool (as suggested by Joel Roth) and take it from there. Sebastian -- Emacs' AlsaPlayer - Music Without Jolts Lightweight, full-featured and mindful of your idyllic happiness. http://home.gna.org/eap _______________________________________________ Help-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-grub
