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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 03:20:03
August 07 2009 02:58 GMT
#1
Disclaimer: No mac jokes. I don't care how you think, but don't waste a post here just to say "lol macfag." I won't do anything about it, seeing as banning you from my blog is not only petty but also reducing the chances of it being read (through bumps), haha.

      Anyways, so I dual boot OS X + XP. I pre-allocated 20GB to the partition because I thought I wouldn't need any more than that to just play SC. After some applications later, and CS 1.6, I found out I was right, with 1 GB left to spare. The problem was, SC2 is coming out "soon" (Which I think is going to be in 1-2 years from now), and I needed more space. Not only for SC2, but to have the freedom to use any programs I wanted without worrying about that last one GB of free space.

      So I back up my windows partition with the intention of removing the partition, re-allocating 30-40 GB, and then restoring it. Here's the problem, I never defragmented my computer, so my 50 or so GB of free space on my computer were in tiny chunks spread across the hard drive, and huge files were in the way of me creating the new partition.

      As a result, I spent an hour clearing my free space (not just the directory), only to find out it didn't work. I spent another hour trying to find the hidden temporary file taking up my entire hard drive (as a result of stopping the free space clearing in the middle of the process). Finally, I find a defragmenting program, and I run it. That takes up four hours, then I had to go, so I stopped it, went home.

      Due to the fact that the program I downloaded requires me on a different boot disc in order to do a complete detailed defragmentation, I looked for another one, found it, and began downloading with the hopes of me making it before I go to sleep, so I can run it over night. It was all going great, "blazing" speeds of 150kbps, and an estimated time of ~40 minutes. Not bad, until I check in an hour later, to find that it dropped to 15kbps, and while I'm typing this, 7.9kbps. I won't get it done tonight, which means I can't use my computer tomorrow because I'll be on a virtual boot disc with nothing but the defragging program and an operating system.

      Worst of all though, if it doesn't fix my partitioning issue, I can't play SC on iCCup. OS X SC is just not the same. No third party applications, no anti-hack launcher, no LAN on b.net, or hamachi... nothing.

EDIT: Formatted a bit better for your eyes' sakes.

EDIT2: Update, though unrelated:
My seed rate just went form nil to ~80kbps. When that happened, my bit rate doubled (albeit, to 16kbps, not much, but better than before). Now, I would test if the UL rate actually is related to the seeds that you get, but I'm afraid to do so. If I stop uploading, and my DL drops, I'd hate myself.

Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
August 07 2009 03:11 GMT
#2
That really sucks to hear, hope it all works out for you. I totally agree with you about OS X SC, it's not the same and I only use it to watch replays when I'm at uni.

Good luck
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Kennelie
Profile Joined December 2007
United States2296 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 03:32:42
August 07 2009 03:30 GMT
#3
Edit: Sorry unrelated.
ya had ya shot kid!
GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
August 07 2009 03:49 GMT
#4
lol macfag
eX-Corgh
Profile Joined October 2007
Russian Federation386 Posts
August 07 2009 04:05 GMT
#5
I found that degragging Mac is more trouble than its worth. I had to move some of my stuff to my external drive in order to provide enough "proper" free space for bootcamp. My friend, however, has no external drive and tried this defragging antics... long story short, it didn't work lol and he wasted 24 hours for it.

Still, I play Iccup in OS X and I don't care if 70% of people who connect to my game don't want to play because I have no AH -_-.
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-08-07 04:13:35
August 07 2009 04:13 GMT
#6
Well, gee. That's comforting, haha. I'll give it a try anyways though. I really don't want to start moving huge folders into my external drive, seeing as I don't have 30-40GB contained into one section, but rather 3-4 amongst multiple parts of the computer.
EDIT: Also, it might speed things up... Might?
GunsofthePatriots
Profile Joined August 2007
South Africa991 Posts
August 07 2009 04:40 GMT
#7
Honestly, why do you use Mac?
Musoeun
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
United States4324 Posts
August 07 2009 04:44 GMT
#8
Actually maintaining a mac is a pain - I'm running the same setup (only with Vista - it was cheaper), with the same 40 gig. I still have 5 gig left over (with SC, WC3, DoW, and some orange box stuff), but if I actually put all my music on the win partition I'd run out of room. So I keep thinking about backing up and recreating with 60-80 gig, only I'm scared stiff of what might happen, and you just made it worse. Hopefully boot camp won't screw things up too badly?
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Archaic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States4024 Posts
August 07 2009 04:56 GMT
#9
On August 07 2009 13:44 Musoeun wrote:
Actually maintaining a mac is a pain - I'm running the same setup (only with Vista - it was cheaper), with the same 40 gig. I still have 5 gig left over (with SC, WC3, DoW, and some orange box stuff), but if I actually put all my music on the win partition I'd run out of room. So I keep thinking about backing up and recreating with 60-80 gig, only I'm scared stiff of what might happen, and you just made it worse. Hopefully boot camp won't screw things up too badly?

I didn't really make it worse... not that much. I backed up the windows partition. I'll update the blog if it turns out that it doesn't restore properly, and I'm screwed. I just used a huge array of different applications to try and get what I wanted. It all depends on the success of the defrag.
Good news though, the DL just finished. Going to sleep, and hoping it works over night.
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