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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't move clusters....
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 16:38:15 -0700
Organization: Me
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K-MaC wrote:
]
] I'm trying to partition my WD 420Meg HD, and it's
] got about 78 Megs free. But I can't use the FIPS
] program effectively. Apparently, there is some un-
] moveable clusters on my drive, right near the end
] of the partition (it only has the MSDOS partition).
] Is this from Win95? How can I get some free space?
You say you have Win95. You need to:
1) Boot Win95
2) Go into the control panel and totally disable swapping
3) Reboot (Restart) Win95 (the swap areas will now be gone)
4) Run the Win95 defrag (last control panel on right button
"properties" menu on the drive window from double-clicking
"my computer")
5) NOW you can run FIPS
6) Boot Win95
7) Turn swapping back on for Win95 so it's no worse for wear
Terry Lambert
terry@lambert.org
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