🚀 go-pugleaf

Dear Steve,
I don't know you but from your question I assume you are familiar with
reducing the size of the Windows partition using fips or druid. I cannot
find "exactly" how to specify the size mount points and what the size and
mount points should be.
Plaese Help I am sick of Windows.
Paul
"Steve" <steve39@optusnet.com> wrote in message
news:3c2a5c0b$0$21347$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
> 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
>
> *******************************************************
> 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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