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Optimize the size to a minimum

You can shrink a drive (volume or partition) down to its free disk space and even until the last physical file on the vol-

ume. You can also find free space in between files on some drives (so called "holes") that cannot be used when shrink-

ing. These holes can be closed by optimizing the drive. We therefore recommend optimizing your drive before shrinking

it. As a result, all files will be reorganized and saved back to back (which uses up less space). In other words, your files

will physically be moved forward, and the distance from the last file to the end of the drive will be increased. This will

allow the drive to be shrunk to a minimum. The process of optimization is based on the technology contained in our mul-

tiple award-winning defragmentation program, O&O Defrag.

Important: If shrinking the drive is not successfully run, there is a risk that data saved on the drive will be partially or

fully lost. To be on the safe side, before reducing the size of a drive, create an image of the original drive with O&O

DiskImage.

Note: Please bear in mind that shrinking or extending the system partition is only possible when using the Start CD

under Windows PE. For more information consult chapter Change system partitions.

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