INDEX.DAT Preventing Drive shrink

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I'm trying to shrink a 500G drive but the amount of the reduction is being limited by an unmovable file. Defrag reports an IE index.dat file is the problem. It is located in the middle of the partition. Any suggestion about how to delete or relocate the file would be greatly appreciated.

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I'd use caution with some of the tool to use, as it may FUBAR your install.
 

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CCleaner will do it. You may want to boot a disk/partition management program directly afterward to thwart Windows sticking them back in about the same place.
 

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AMD Athlon 4450e
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GoodRam DDR2 2x2048MB (FSB 800MHz)
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SAMSUNG SyncMaster HS2P301688
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Corsair 550W
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MilesAhead said:
CCleaner will do it. You may want to boot a disk/partition management program directly afterward to thwart Windows sticking them back in about the same place.
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Thanks MilesAhead, CCleaner removed the IE index.dat file. This did make a few more gigs of space available for shrinking. Now I have a Windows Search file that is not movable.

Thanks everyone for the great advice but I think I'm going to just look at some cloning software. It might just be easier in the long run. I just want to transfer the operating system to a smaller hard drive.
 

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If the new HD is smaller that's prolly your best bet. I forget the name, but I think there is a free one out there that defrags the image or uses an image/file combination so that restores are not fragmented. I forget where I saw it. Maybe TheFreeCountry or another freeware review site. Not sure if it's a cloner or just an image backup though.
 

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HP Media Center
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Windows 7 32 bit
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AMD 5200+ dual core
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2 GB
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NVidia GeForce 6150SE 128 MB
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CRT
Screen Resolution
1280x1024
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500 GB Sata internal :

SIIG USB 3.0 docking stations w/WD Caviar Black 6 Gb/s drives
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PS/2
Mouse
PS/2 Wheel Mouse
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SIIG USB 3.0 PCIexpress card.
I used Acronis (30 day free trial). It made it a fast and simple job.

Thanks again to everyone for the info.
 

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Glad you got it sorted.
 

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W 7 64-bit Ultimate
CPU
Intel Q9550 Yorkfield
Motherboard
ASUS P5Q Pro
Memory
8GB Dominator 8500C5D
Graphics Card(s)
ATI : XFX 5870
Sound Card
Realtek HD Audio 7-1
Monitor(s) Displays
1x 47" LCD HDMI & 3x 26" LCD HDMI
Screen Resolution
1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Hard Drives
1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 1x 500GB & 1x 640GB WD Caviar Black(s)
PSU
Corsair 620HX
Case
Cooler Master RC-690
Cooling
Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
Keyboard
Microsoft 500
Mouse
Razer Diamondback 3G
Internet Speed
14 Mb/s
Other Info
1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
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