On 07/03/15 20:55, jd1008 wrote: > On 07/03/2015 06:58 PM, g wrote: >> On 07/03/15 19:27, Chris Murphy wrote: >> <<>> >> >>> Boot Windows to a recovery console, and chkdsk /f and then reboot. >>> Defragment with Window's built in utility. Shrink with Window's built >>> in utility. That's what I'd suggest. I wouldn't use any 3rd party >>> utility for this, except maybe ntfsprogs in a bind. >> . >> i tried defragging and using win shrink utility, but it did not move >> locked file down low enough to get desirable reduced size. iirc, it >> only allowed shrinkage to about 80% of original. > > I did not use defragging. > I just used the shrinkage util and it worked. > I think the shrinkage util defrags and moves > files/dirs as well. Not sure how it does that. > My guess is that whatever part of the windows kernel > assumes that certain dirs are at a particular location, > it knows how to change that to the new location so > kernel can access it. _maybe_. but not true in my case. shrinking did not move locked files or directories. in fact, at end of shrink run, a message popped up stating that no more shrinkage could be done because of locked files or directories. -- peace out. -+- If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains it! -+- in a world with out fences, who needs gates. -+- CentOS GNU/Linux 6.6 tc,hago. g . -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
