Re: shrinking win2k on a factory win2k install

[Andrew Clausen]

On Thu, Sep 06, 2001 at 12:25:56PM -0400, address@hidden wrote:
> When using lib parted on default/factory installs of win2k (fat32) on dell
> inspirons the partition is resized but it seems to get hosed and unbootable.

Does it look OK from a DOS and/or gnu/linux rescue disk?

IIRC, w2k install CD has a rescue thing... try telling it to reinstall
the boot loader.  (Can't remember of the top of my head... it's documented
in the parted docs, which are on the parted bootdisk, etc.)

> However an identical machine (inspiron 8100) with winME the resizing works
> fine.

Interesting.

> I've tried resizing the same win2k machines with fips, and it sees a file way
> out near the end of the filesystem and is unable to shrink it down more than
> about 1 gig. I'm guessing windows has put a file way out in the filesystem and
> it is not supposed to be moved, any ideas about what is actually forcefully
> moved ?

No, since I don't have a copy of win2k (I'm accepting donations... if
anyone has any old copies lying around ;)

I have tested on win2k though, and it worked.

> Or is it possible to hack the library to dump out the sectors greater
> than some value that contain files and are being relocated ?

This would be possible, but a non-solution.  If it's that hard to resize
a partition safely, you may as well backup & restore.  I'd like to fix
it properly.

Thanks for the info!
Andrew