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Kevin Lucas wrote: > Terry Hill wrote: >> Hi Folks, >> >> I have a windows XP machine for the other half and I to play games on, >> and, having shoved a new gfx card in it, and would like to take a pop >> at dual booting ubuntu to see what Cedega is like (so I can lose XP >> altogether). >> >> I defragged the HD, and again, and then a third time, but there's >> still chunks of blue all the way to the edge. It seems the XP defrag >> tool doesn't shove the data to the start end of the disk to facilitate >> resizing any more. >> >> Anyone know of a good and reliable OSS tool out there that will resize >> whilst squeezing the data a little? >> >> Tel. >> >> > I have done this many times on M$ machines and found if you Defrag > again, and again, again up to 40 or 50 times! > Eventually you get all the B***dy M$ stuff in one half of the disk, even > the "unmovable stuff" Then using the free space to install the Linux > OS. I have one a few occasions resorted to deleting the page file > (should be 1 1/2 times the ram at least in size) to make defrag work but > do make sure Windows can recreate this again at boot up or it runs even > slower than before! > > I triple boot with Win XP and two Linux systems, and have found that to defrag XP it needs to be done in XP safe mode start up. I also use two defrag programs one is a free O&O defrag from magazine cover disc plus the usual Win defrag. However, as often moving/changing systems, I find the Paragon Hard Disc Manager ( old edition free on magazine covers very useful) It is somewhat easier to use a second hard disc for the Linux OSs. It makes an easier changeable Linux system. Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html