 Cant Shrink My Vista Partition Enough.., It only takes off 12gb. |
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  Apr 4 2007, 01:50 PM
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When I shrunk it, it would only let me take off 43mb after the 12gb I took. I figured that I was just a fragmented hard drive and defragmented it and I am still having the same problem. So I got this program that shows me where my clusters are on my hard drive. YEAHHHH... so theres ONE cluster FORTY-THREE mb from the last cluster and it is not moving because it is locked. Anything I can do to get it to move?????? This post has been edited by MisterProg777: Apr 4 2007, 01:51 PM |
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Apr 4 2007, 02:38 PM
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What's in the clusters? If it's your pagefile, you can remove it, defrag the drive after rebooting, then reset it.
-------------------- - John
**If you need a more detailed explanation, please ask for it. I have the Knack. ** |
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Apr 4 2007, 02:59 PM
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one file... C:\$bitmap
its just locked. Not pagefile. This post has been edited by MisterProg777: Apr 4 2007, 03:00 PM |
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Apr 4 2007, 03:27 PM
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Visually handicapped, hence the avatar :0) Group: Moderator Posts: 13,857 Joined: 2-October 05 From: Southeastern CT, USA Member No.: 35,824 |
The $ sign usually indicates an administrative share - but I've got no clue about how it relates to a bitmap (and it usually comes after the name rather than before it). What program did you use to identify the file?
I was able to find out that it has something to do with the NTFS file system, and that it may be connected to the ability to associate a bitmap with a file (and you can't specify and icon and a bitmap at the same time). -------------------- - John
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Apr 8 2007, 07:44 AM
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Have the same problem - an unmovable file or fragment at the end of Vista partition which wouldn't shrink although there is a lot of space available. Boot time defrag does not help - tused several programs, he file just can not be moved.
>> "So I got this program that shows me where my clusters are on my hard drive. " What program did you use to find out which file is locked? Thanks a lot |
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