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Article #590Moving unmoveable clusters
From: Steve
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:23
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:23
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I am having trouble moving unmoveable clusters in my Windows 98se system. I
removed all the system attributes (attrib *.* -h -r -s /s) and also disabled
the swap file but I still have about 5 clusters that can't be moved...
Unfortunately ONE of the clusters is right near the end of my current
partition so I can't resize my current 20 gig partition in order to make
room for Linux (Red Hat).
'Ausmosis' recommended that I try Partition Magic but I can't use this
program to make any changes without buying it. $70 USD seems a bit much just
to move one cluster... I read in a documentation about FIPS that I should
remove my mirror file but I don't know what this is or how to remove it.
Another subject that I found no help with online.
It also said the following:
b. There are hidden files in the space of the new partition that have not
been moved by the defragmentation program. You can find the hidden files
on the disk by typeing the command 'dir /a:h /s' (and 'dir /a:s /s' for
the system files). Make sure to which program they belong. If a file is
a swap file of some program (e.g. NDOS) it is possible that it can be
safely deleted (and will be recreated automatically later when the need
arises). See your manual for details.
I did this but the results meant nothing to me and I was not sure if I could
simply delete any of them or maybe use a boot disk and manually move them. I
have included the returned results from trying both commands at
the bottom of this message. If someone knows what I can do short of
reinstalling Windows I would really appreciate the help as I have spent
countless, fruitless hours on this...
Thank you
---------------------Steve
dir /a:s /s
Directory of C:\
VIDEOROM BIN 49,152 01-08-00 6:38p VIDEOROM.BIN
RECYCLED <DIR> 07-30-01 4:48p RECYCLED
1 file(s) 49,152 bytes
Directory of C:\My Documents
DESKTOP INI 125 01-08-00 6:38p desktop.ini
1 file(s) 125 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS
FONTS <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p FONTS
WEB <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p WEB
FAVORI~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Favorites
DOWNLO~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Downloaded Program Files
TEMPOR~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Temporary Internet Files
COOKIES <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Cookies
HISTORY <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p History
INSTAL~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 5:02p Installer
TASKS <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Tasks
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\All Users
DRM <DIR> 07-30-01 9:07p DRM
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer
USERDATA <DIR> 10-04-01 11:37a UserData
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Total files listed:
2 file(s) 49,277 bytes
12 dir(s) 4,767.02 MB free
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dir /a:h /s
Directory of C:\
VIDEOROM BIN 49,152 01-08-00 6:38p VIDEOROM.BIN
RECYCLED <DIR> 07-30-01 4:48p RECYCLED
1 file(s) 49,152 bytes
Directory of C:\My Documents
DESKTOP INI 125 01-08-00 6:38p desktop.ini
1 file(s) 125 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files
INSTAL~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 4:50p InstallShield Installation
Information
QMGR <DIR> 08-01-01 8:50a QMgr
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer
UNINST~1 <DIR> 10-05-01 12:42a Uninstall Information
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\Program Files\Uninstall Information
HTMLHE~1 <DIR> 10-05-01 12:42a HTML Help
ICW <DIR> 10-05-01 12:43a ICW
ADDRES~1 <DIR> 10-05-01 12:43a AddressBook
OUTLOO~1 <DIR> 10-05-01 12:43a OutlookExpress
DXM_RU~1 <DIR> 10-05-01 12:43a DXM_Runtime
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS
INF <DIR> 07-30-01 4:35p INF
SYSBCKUP <DIR> 07-30-01 4:35p SYSBCKUP
PIF <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p PIF
SYSTEM DAT 5,861,408 12-26-01 10:20p SYSTEM.DAT
USER DAT 884,768 12-26-01 10:31p USER.DAT
APPLOG <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p APPLOG
SPOOL <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p spool
SHELLNEW <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p ShellNew
RECENT <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p Recent
NETHOOD <DIR> 07-30-01 4:36p NetHood
PRINTH~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 4:56p PrintHood
INSTAL~1 <DIR> 07-30-01 5:02p Installer
MSDOWNLD TMP <DIR> 07-30-01 5:03p msdownld.tmp
SHELLI~1 915,372 12-26-01 3:20a ShellIconCache
3 file(s) 7,661,548 bytes
Directory of C:\WINDOWS\All Users
DRM <DIR> 07-30-01 9:07p DRM
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Total files listed:
5 file(s) 7,710,825 bytes
21 dir(s) 4,767.02 MB free
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