Would definitely agree with Carey though about using a different defrag app. There are plenty of others out there, free and paid for, which tend to do a better job and give more options that the built in on. Personally I tend to use free version of Auslogics Disk Defrag. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Resources for IT Professionals. Sign in. United States English.
Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. You need to Save the report to a text file on your desktop or someplace you can find it like VolumeC.
The XP built in defrag is just "okay". In reply to A. User's post on October 6, What is that about and how can it be defragmented? In general, do fragmented files automatically 'fix themselves' over time? In reply to Shopper1's post on October 9, Auslogics is free and if you don't like it, uninstall it.
I don't think fragmented files will fix themselves over time. When you finish, you are unlikely to have any further questions about if an NTFS file system can become fragmented or not, no questions about what to do about it and no questions about how to do it.
Microsoft states in their TechNet discussions that NTFS is designed to resist fragmentation, but it is not immune to it, and that there is a benefit to properly defragmenting an NTFS volume. They go on to say that although NTFS uses more advanced algorithms in allocating clusters to files, it is not immune to fragmentation. It is true though, that it develops fragmentation to a lesser degree than other file systems due to its more sophisticated design, It is also possible and likely that the MFT Master File Table will become fragmented over time but to a lesser degree.
In addition to defragmenting files, the MFT should be defragmented as well. Files and the MFT can become fragmented. Any fragmentation will slow down retrieval and searching for files and folders. Therefore, the less fragmented you file system is, the better it will perform.
Some alleged "experts" will tell you that fragmentation is not possible with NTFS, but that is not true. NTFS is designed to resist fragmentation, but it is not immune to it. If fragmentation was not possible in NTFS it seems unlikely that Microsoft and other experts would expend so much effort discussing how to detect it, how to deal with it and how to prevent it.
User's post on October 9, Thanks for the AVG Forum link. October 15, at pm Post deleted by defrag. WSjkipk AskWoody Lounger.
October 21, at pm October 16, at am Here is what he wrote about your question: Thank you for sharing some of the debate that goes on there at Woody. October 16, at pm Thanks again! October 18, at pm So what gives? Obviously, the true nature of fragmentation is in the eye of the defragger.
November 10, at pm WSbigaldoc AskWoody Lounger. October 23, at pm October 24, at am Thanks Al, defrag. October 24, at pm I hope this helps — Vaughn McMillan Dir.
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