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From: Robert J. Stevens on 14 Jun 2010 08:30
Is there a way to DO Disk Compression After DeFragmenting a Drive ?????
I have a 60GB Drive I defragmented but half the Files are up Front the
Other Half clear down at the other end.
I want to RePartition the drive so I can set up a Dual Boot Situation
but only problem is GNOME under Parted Magic 2.2 scrambles up the Screen.
Bob in Wisconsin
From: smlunatick on 14 Jun 2010 10:12
On Jun 14, 1:30 pm, "Robert J. Stevens" <ztreb...(a)execpc.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to DO Disk Compression After DeFragmenting a Drive ?????
> I have a 60GB Drive I defragmented but half the Files are up Front the
> Other Half clear down at the other end.
> I want to RePartition the drive so I can set up a Dual Boot Situation
> but only problem is GNOME under Parted Magic 2.2 scrambles up the Screen.
> Bob in Wisconsin

A disk compression is NEVER recommended. Disk Compression will not
free up disk space in order to let you create another partition. This
will compress the existing files in the existing partition and will
attempt to "double" the free space in the partition. If the
"compressed" disk file gets damaged, you loose the entire disk.
Note: this is not the same as the NT / XP file compression, which is
the process where XP would compress the least used files.

The process you are attempting to do is to resize the XP partition so
as to make "unallocated" disk space for the newer partition.
From: Twayne on 14 Jun 2010 11:08
In news:zcSdncjaLqZ3vYvRnZ2dnUVZ_hOdnZ2d(a)posted.choiceonecommunications,
Robert J. Stevens <ztrebora(a)execpc.com> typed:
> Is there a way to DO Disk Compression After DeFragmenting a
> Drive ????? I have a 60GB Drive I defragmented but half the
> Files are up Front the Other Half clear down at the other
> end. I want to RePartition the drive so I can set up a Dual Boot
> Situation but only problem is GNOME under Parted Magic 2.2
> scrambles up the Screen. Bob in Wisconsin

Are you in the right place for that question? This is an XP group and you
seem to not be using XP?

Sidenote: Many defraggers put files at the beginng and end of a disk by
default. That's so the page file can exist in between them which minimizes
head movements since they never have to move more than half the distance of
the drive, plus until the disk starts to fill, it minimizes future
gragmentation. Others let you spec the amount of data on each side of the
pagefile; might yours?

I don't know PartEd Magic unless you meant Partiitioin Magic, in which the
file postions on disk are going to be modified anyway and positioned
properly when a new parttion is added to the disk. That said though, follow
the directions for your own partition manager of choice. PM 7 was OK, 8
buggy, and I don't know which of any succeeding versons were good. Read the
forums acrhives if you want more info on it; most companies' forums are
pretty candid places. Weed out the sour grapes and look for a pattern in the
problems; those are probably pretty accurate.

HTH,

Twayne`


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