Tomu Breidah |
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Reged: 08/14/04
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I'll try to keep this simple as possible.
The OS HDD I'm having trouble with is 462.32 GB NTFS, OS (C:) and 9.05 GB NTFS, for "Recovery".
Both 'Drives' or 'partitions' were shrunk - leaving 10.48 GB + 449.57 GB unallocated, and there's also a 100 MB "Healthy (OEM Partition)".
The external HDD I used is 500GB or 465.76 GB.
I WAS able to make a back-up some months ago on the External HDD to 1 partition. Then I made another back-up in early April (just last month) to the 2nd partition.
Now what makes me completely baffled is that I can't make another back-up. First, I did format the 1st/oldest partition, then increased the size of the 2nd... But it still wasn't enough... So I figured maybe if I format that volume too.
There's a 5.71 GB difference (the OS HDD + the 'Recovery' being that much larger).
I used Defraggler, but it seems there's a few pieces of data on the OS HDD that are at a particular spot and can't/won't be moved. I'm assuming this is why I'm not able to shrink my OS partition to a size that can be backed-up to my External HDD.
2 questions here.
How was I able to make a back-up before, but now I can't?
Is there a way to relocate that section of data... like, just far enough that I can shrink the volume?
I read something about fsutil.... I'm deleriously tired right now... I'll post this and get back to it later.
I also read something about compressing files...? Not sure that would make a difference with.. see the attached pic (if it's there).
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Edited by Tomu Breidah (05/03/14 04:54 PM)
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