Re: [Bug-parted] Couple of questions on using partted

[Shawn Kwang]

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Andrew Clausen wrote:

> > 1)  Do you have to de-fragment the FAT partition before resizing it?  This
> > is necessary with other programs (like fips).  I would image it is
> > necessary but it was not mentioned in the documentation.  Perhaps someone
> > should write a quick blurb saying whether or not you have to, since it is
> > pretty important (if de-fragmenting is necessary).
> 
> No.  You don't need to :-)
> 

Really?  Then does the program automatically copy the information to the
right places?  My 12 GByte drive has about 7 Gbytes of storage on it, of
which I plan to remove 3-4 Gbytes.  Then I will resize it to about 4
Gbytes.  Therefore, if I don't defragment the drive, there will be
information all over it.

Thanks for the information though.

Sincerely,
Shawn Kwang

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