WinMe Fdisk when WinMe Installed?

defragmenting the drive does "group" data together in a way, though it may not be as you perceive grouping data together. As far as using Fdisk to partition in free space within Windows ME, here is a link to Microsofts Help & Support for Fdisk http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;255867&Product=winme

If the link doesn't work go to http://support.microsoft.com and in the search bar type in the article 255867 to pull it up.

Microsoft does not support changing the partitions on a drive while keeping the files in place.

You will need a 3rd party utility such as Partition Magic to change the partition structure on an active drive.

Be sure to BACKUP ALL critical files before running the utility.

As far as I know, none of the defragmenting tools link similar (like) files. Some do arrange files by how often they are accessed.

As far as Ghost goes. Yes, I believe that you can create a Ghost image onto a separate drive.

Chas

If space on the drive wasn't left unpartitioned durring the initial fdisk setup there is no way to make other partititions without loosing the original data unless as Chas mentioned you use something like Partition Magic.

If available the best way is to install a second drive in the PC that can fit the data from the 80 GB drive mentioned in your question. Then use the Ghost utility to create an image on that second drive.
Make a make a WinME boot disk with the Ghost files on it or if you use the Ghost utility for Windows it will create the boot disk for you.

After making your image and before making any changes to the 80 GB drive connect the second drive in place of the original and make sure the image fully works.

After verifying that the image works, run fdisk on the 80 GB drive and create the desired partitions. Then run Ghost again and copy the image back to the 80 GB drive's C partition. Obviously at this point it's very important to pay close attention to what the source and target drive selections are.