Disk Space Question

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I have a new IBM ThinkCentre computer with a 40GB drive which came with
XPPRO preinstalled.

I wanted to shrink the XPPRO partititon to about 15GB (about 4GB is used) in
order to install something else above it.

When I looked at the drive, there was a group of files around 18GB, so I
defragged the drive and it moved all these down with the others.

As I went to repartion the drive, there is a tiny file at 17905.7 MB from
the start that didn't move.

Does anyone know why this did not move or if it is something special? I do
not want to use partition magic to compress the drive if it is there for
some reason.

TIA

 

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Just us partition magic. The item probably did not move because it was
being used by the system during defrag.
"Josh Whitney" <barrowcl@flash.net> wrote in message
news:#27k7kYpEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I have a new IBM ThinkCentre computer with a 40GB drive which came with
> XPPRO preinstalled.
>
> I wanted to shrink the XPPRO partititon to about 15GB (about 4GB is used)
in
> order to install something else above it.
>
> When I looked at the drive, there was a group of files around 18GB, so I
> defragged the drive and it moved all these down with the others.
>
> As I went to repartion the drive, there is a tiny file at 17905.7 MB from
> the start that didn't move.
>
> Does anyone know why this did not move or if it is something special? I
do
> not want to use partition magic to compress the drive if it is there for
> some reason.
>
> TIA
>
>

 

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I'll assume you meant 17905.7 KB, as 17905.7 MB would be 17.9 GB?

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"Josh Whitney" <barrowcl@flash.net> wrote in message
news:%2327k7kYpEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a new IBM ThinkCentre computer with a 40GB drive which came with
> XPPRO preinstalled.
>
> I wanted to shrink the XPPRO partititon to about 15GB (about 4GB is used)
> in
> order to install something else above it.
>
> When I looked at the drive, there was a group of files around 18GB, so I
> defragged the drive and it moved all these down with the others.
>
> As I went to repartion the drive, there is a tiny file at 17905.7 MB from
> the start that didn't move.
>
> Does anyone know why this did not move or if it is something special? I
> do
> not want to use partition magic to compress the drive if it is there for
> some reason.
>
> TIA
>
>