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On 05/03/2010 01:49 PM, Richard Chonak wrote: > On 05/03/2010 10:29 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: > > The steps I use to set up dual boot are: > > 1. Resize the Windows partition to the desired size using either the= > > Windows resizer or stand along gparted. > > As a preliminary step, defrag the Windows disk to maximize the size of = > the free space at the end of the Windows partition. A (free) trial=20 > copy of "DiskPerfect" does a better job of this than the built-in=20 > Windows defragger. > > After that, you can use the built-in Windows tool to resize (shrink) th= e=20 > Windows partition. > > =20 I always forget the defrag step :-). I would think by now that Windows would have improved their file systems, such as NTFS, to do a better job, but NTFS does not have any defragmentation strategy built-in. --=20 Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id: 537C5846 PGP Key fingerprint: 3D1B 8377 A3C0 A5F2 ECBB CA3B 4607 4319 537C 5846
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