RE: [SLUG] Resizing NTFS for LINUX install

From: wchast@utilpart.com
Date: Sat Jul 24 2004 - 14:53:22 EDT


Ken Elliott wrote:
>>> I just recently defragged and compressed it, but will do so again.
>
> Chuck, most defragers stink on the NT code base. They have difficulty
> moving some files, since the OS actually does a great job of
> protecting them from being molested. I couldn't install Linux on a
> machine used for video editing (lots of huge files added and deleted)
> because there were fragments everywhere. Diskkeeper, Norton and
> others couldn't move some of those fragments. After testing darn near
> all, I found one that stands heads and shoulders above the rest...
> Perfectdisk. They have a 30 day trial version that will do the job.
>
> http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/perfectdisk2000_download.cfm
>
> Run PerfectDisk, then install SuSE. You'll end up buying it if you
> stay with Windows. If you go Linux, then it's use was free. I like
> free...

Pulled it down and ran it, it did move most everything to one area of
the disk, but I see MFT fragments all over the place. Trying to figure
that one out. Chee... MS does it's best to make life miserable for any-
one who takes more than a cursory look at it's crap.

Chuck Hast
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