On 07/03/15 20:58, jd1008 wrote:> On 07/03/2015 07:17 PM, g wrote: >> On 07/03/15 19:54, jd1008 wrote: <<<<>>>> >>> It can either shrink or expand a partition. >>> >>> You must be careful to leave enough room in the >>> windows partition because it uses free disk space for swap. >> . >> actually, in reading info at http://www.resize-c.com/, i may have missed >> it, but there is nothing on pages stating anything about locked directories >> of files. >> >> only statements are that it allows one to safely resize. > > So, because they do not mention it, therefore...... what? . it is a presumption, unless you tried program and found that in fact locked files/directories where moved. > In fact none of the partition resizing programs I recall > having used, said anything about locked files or dirs. . that would/may be due to prog devs letting prog users presume that locked files/directories where in fact moved. years ago, i tried a shrink program that in fact shrunk partition and did not move locked files. when i rebooted win, it errored out with a notice that it was unable to find 2 files. which i presume was because shrink prog did not move files, it just did away with them. > Some other OP stated that windows 7 itself can shrink > the partition. > I cannot vouch for that, because I have never tried it. win7 does have a shrink program, but as i have already posted, it ended with notice that no further shrinking could be done because of the locked files/directories. =+=+=+= On 07/03/15 21:08, jd1008 wrote: > On 07/03/2015 08:01 PM, g wrote: <<>> >> then you are recommending something that you have no experiance with? > > I mean the util did not have or report such issues. > It just shrunk sda1 and I had plenty of room to add p2 and p3. > > Win7 was perfectly bootable afterwards. so you are making a valid presumption. -- 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
