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Stephen T. Gibson wrote:
> 
> I am planning to partition a 2.5GB HD using FIPS. My system is a
> Pentium 166, running Windows95(B).
> I am confused by the following text of the fips.doc file
> 
>   "...But before starting FIPS you _must_ now defragment your Harddisk.
>    All of the space that will be used for the new partition must be free.
>    Be aware that the Windows Swapfile will not be moved by most defragmentation
>                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>    programs. You must uninstall it (in the 386enhanced part of the Windows
>    Control Panel) and reinstall it after using FIPS."
> 
> How do I find the "Windows Swapfile" and how do I uninstall it?
> Is it important to do this?
> 
> Steve.
> 
The windows swapfile is a windows 3.x thing. Under win 3.x you create a
permanent swap file 
using the control panel. This file has to be in a single chunk, and
windows would record the physical
location of the file in another file (spart.*). If the swap file were
moved you would get the 'swap
file is corrupt message next time you started windows.

I don't think W95 uses that scheme. I think it creates a swap file at
startup and deletes it when you
shutdown. 

So, to answer your question, start by running defrag and see if the disk
compacts without leaving any
unmoved clusters. Then run FIPS and it will basically tell you the
maxumum size that it can carve off.
If the size is satisfactory, thats all you need to do.

Regards, Frank Ranner
franner@dmd.a-l.defence.gov.au