XP box. Using 10G out of a 30G HD. I defragg'd the HD, but still have some files or fragments right at the tail end so that qtparted and ntfsresize only seem to be able to reduce by a meagre 0.6G. Just about enough for a Knoppix SWAP, but that's all.

So what can be done? Find a way to move these system files to somewhere near the middle of the disk? I'm stuck.

Strictly this is not about Knoppix, it's clearly a NTFS and windows problem, but obviously it's in the way of my getting Knoppix on the HD.

Anyone found a similar situation? Help appreciated. Thanks.