From owner-freebsd-mobile Sat Dec 2 12:23:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from lvcablemodem.com (hams1.lvcablemodem.com [24.234.0.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A4B137B400 for ; Sat, 2 Dec 2000 12:23:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from nevada.edu ([24.234.19.246]) by lvcablemodem.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.517.51); Sat, 2 Dec 2000 12:27:35 -0800 From: slumos@nevada.edu To: "Greg Smith" Cc: francisco@vulpes.net, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: making space on dual boot disk In-Reply-To: Message from "Greg Smith" of "Sat, 02 Dec 2000 16:28:15 GMT." Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2000 12:21:37 -0800 Message-ID: <0b29635272002c0HAMS1@lvcablemodem.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Frysco!, > >I totally second Peter's recommendation: > >delete crap >defrag with Windows tools >shrink Windows partition with Partition Magic > >I purchased Partition Magic several years ago, and have used it on all 4 >laptops I have owned. The first 3 I used it to allow a larger >suspend-to-disk partition after installing more RAM. The last one I used it >to free up space for FreeBSD. It works very well. I've also used it on 3 >friends' machines who wanted to install NT or Linux onto a Windows machine. >Over the years you will get a lot of value for the $40 or $50 outlay. Of course you only get value if you are willing to violate the license, which only allows use on a single machine. Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message