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Defragmenting Ubuntu drive

Asked by peter.j

I have a 1TB drive with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installed using up around 750 GB. After deleting about 500Gb of stuff I now want to install 12.04 on a new partition of 700 GB while keeping 10.04 fully functional on the first 300 GB. I understand that it is generally not necessary to defrag Ubuntu drives however having deleted two years of stuff would expect files to be scattered all over the disk. I would like to make sure that when I create the new partition to install 12.04 it doesn't effect the 10.04 installation.

Any suggestions on how to tackle this one?
Peter

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Best Ubfan (ubfan1) said : 		#1

Take a look at shake and defrag. See the link:
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/defragmenting-linux-ext3-filesystems.html

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peter.j (peter-jellemail) said : 		#2

Hi guys, thanks very much for your quick responses. I had a careful look at the references and I think I understand most of it but I was just not comfortable enough to risk my much beloved 10.04 environment (the best ever in my humble opinion). I have chickened out, bought another HDD to install 12.04 so that I can go back any time I like. Thanks again though. The good community response is a great contribution to the Ubuntu success. Regards... Peter