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Debian dual boot with Windows 7



On 05/08/2010 05:01 PM, James Kramer wrote:
> I guess that I can use Gparted to repartition but I do not know what
> data is stored in the middle of the partition.  Does anyone have any
> suggestions?  I do not want to allocate 500Gb to a Windows partition.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
> Jay
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I Don't have Win7 but I'm wondering how large your page file is and 
whether it is fragmented. I usually reduce the page file to the minimum 
before I defrag because it is always fragmented and spans a large 
segment of the disc. The defragmenter will not consolidate or move the 
page file.

Jim KR






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