Re: [Thinkpad] T23 - Win2k question

The defrag tool in Win2000 can't move system files which includes the
swap file and the hibernation file (I think). Try turning off virtual
memory and hibernation and defrag again.

Jim

Julian Thomas wrote:
> [This is on my PC Connection machine which arrived monday with all pixels
> working nicely].
>
> I want to shrink the C partition to something reasonable like 4 gig in
> preparation for installing boot manager and eCS 1.1 (when it arrives).
>
> Using dfsee (www.dfsee.com - this is to Norton Utilities as a cheap swiss
> army knife is to a mechanics toolbox) I was able to shrink the partition
> down from the original 27 gig to under 16 gig. However, Partition Magic
> (I have version 3, running the DOS executable from a boot diskette) can't
> shrink a partition that goes beyond Cylinder 1023, and even after
> shrinking, it's out to something like cyl 2200. I've defragged multiple
> times, I created a temp D partition and put pagefile.sys there so it's not
> on C any longer, and defragged again. But I still have bits and pieces of
> files going way up to above the 15gig line.
>
> Suggestions? Does a more recent pqmagic remove the 1023 cylinder
> limitation? Are there other defrag tools that might completely move these
> files (or even is there a way to determine what the offending files are?)?
>
> What happens when you use F11 at boot time. If I blow away the C
> partition and recreate one of 4 gig, will F11 re-initialize W2k in the 4
> gig partition, or does it recreate the original 27gig C partition?
>
> Another question - how do I make W2k boot diskettes? The Help says to
> load the W2k CD and run a program [this can be done from any flavor of
> windows, apparently] but I don't have the product CD, and am not sure even
> that the recovery CD (when it arrives) will let me do this.
>
>
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