How to degrament space in W2K Professional (NTFS)?

[Guest_imported]

I would like to defragment spaces on my hard disk so that all spaces are in one contigous block. I am using W2K Professional with NTFS directory structure.

How do I achieve this? Thanks.

 

[DeanSpencer]

To run the defrag that comes with W2kPro, right click on my computer and click on manage. In the MMC, go down to defragmenter, click on the hard drive then defragment.

 

[butchrecon]

Windows Defragmentor will not defrag all files to be 100% continuous. to do that you will need a third party defrag utility. To expand on what DeanSpencer was saying once you get to MANAGE tou need to go to Disk MAnagement. Once there right click on the drive in question and go to properties then tools. At the bottom will be the Defrag.

Hope this helps James Collins
Computer Hardware Engineer
A+, MCP

email: butchrecon@skyenet.net

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks folks.

What I would like to do is defrag space so that I get a huge contiguous block of space. The Degrag that comes with W2K seems to only defrag files anywhere on the disk without grouping all the files together.

Which third party deframenter is the best in place of the standard W2K defrag?

 

[jrjuiliano]

We've been using Diskeeper v6.0 on our Win 2k Server and it does rather nicely for ensure contiguous file structures. The beauty of it is Diskeeper can let you run a boot time defrag which should set you up nicely. The process can take quite a bit of time, so it's best not to use it during working hours (it will be completely unavailable to user while it is working).

Scheduling is pretty good and rather fast. It will automatically determine if it needs to be defrag-ed on a regular basis.

Also putting your page file on a separate partition or drive would be a good idea. Having your swap file on the same drive as your OS will cause some big time fragmenting. J.R. Juiliano
Information Systems Specialist
Tri-City Emergency Medical Group