You could try Power Quest's Partition Magic. I've used it several times on W2K & XP machines and have never had a problem (knock on wood). Of course it's non-free software. -Erik Jim Crumley wrote: > So I finally got my new laptop ( a Thinkpad R40), and I am trying > to install Debian dual boot along with Windows XP. At the moment > I am having a problem with defragmenting and resizing the XP ntfs > partition. The partition is relatively empty ( ~10 % usage), but > there is a file or cluster of files in the middle of the > partition that XP's defrag tool doesn't move. According to the > defragger these files are normal, contiguous (blue) files not > unmovable (green) files, but I can't figure out how to move them. > Due to these files ntsfresize will only let me free up about half > of this partition, when I would like to free up more. > > At first I thought these files might be mft reserved space, but I > tried filling the disk with empty files, and these files in the > middle did not disappear like mft reserved space is supposed to. > > Also, I don't have installation media for XP, just a recovery > partition, so I can't just re-install XP. > > Any ideas? Does anyone know any tools that would move these > files? > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list