finally.. after hours i'm at the beginning

made it.
Finally got the defrag to work correctly and if i had to do it again i could do in in 20 mins total. as i mentioned before, i'm largely following

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/05/08/dual-boot-laptop.html

although, like all my linux experiences the best howtos seem to miss some really basic points.. regardless.. here's what i did.
1) got rid of those damn unmovable files.. this was the big trick and could have saved me hundreds of defrag passes.. http://howtoprimers.com/techtalk/2006/02/moving-the-unmovable-windows-disk-defragmentation-strategies/
basically right click on my computer, properties, advanced, performance settings, advanced, virtual memory change, then change the size to zero or mine had a 'set to none' button or something.. then go into control panel and power managment. then turn off hibernation. walla! no unmovable sectors. defrag the shit out of it.. (i have been using PerfectDisk now and itis BY FAR the best of the five or so i tried... this put my disk in a state that i was ready to attempt the partitioning... i'll start with that stuff in the next post.. just MINUTES away