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September 17, 2001 07:17 PM

Disk Defragmenter

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Kathy Ivens
Windows IT Pro
InstantDoc ID #22244
Keep your Win2K system from going to pieces
The first lesson of disk fragmentation and defragmentation is how to use the jargon. No self-respecting IT professional uses the word defragment. The correct word is defrag, as in "I need to defrag my drive." Next, familiarize yourself with Windows 2000's built-in manual defrag tool—Disk Defragmenter (a lite version of Executive Software's full-power Diskeeper product). Disk Defragmenter works with Win2K APIs ...

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Go to this site to re-install disk defrag.
http://www.andreasroom.com/blog/archive/2004/01/18/defrag.aspx?Pending=true

Anonymous User 5/8/2005 6:38:05 AM

I have the EXACT same problem as the first guy. i tried disk keeper on my XP home and when i uninstalled it, my original defragmenter wont open because of some snap-in failing to load or locate, i cant remember...but this is a good article. maybe add a section on re-installing your default defragger :) since microsoft has NOTHING about it documented.

Anonymous User 3/5/2005 6:02:37 PM

Leaving free space between files gives Individual files room to grow. If you tend not to edit your files much, but download big files a lot, it's better if your free space is consolidated, allowing room for larger files to be created.

Anonymous User 3/4/2005 4:02:00 AM

When I defragment...
All the fragment are not removed...
usually there is one or two left...why is this?

Anonymous User 12/18/2004 9:57:26 AM

There is no need to make the files contiguous. On a drive that has lots of writing and growing files, its good to have the white gaps - it gives the files rooms to grow without getting fragmented.

The only time you would want to have everything completely contiguous is if all you ever did was read the data, and never wrote anything.

Anonymous User 10/15/2004 10:23:54 PM

How do I get rid of all the white area (free space) or make the files contiguous after I run defrag? This bugs the hell out of me. Thanks

Greg 6/24/2004 3:21:34 PM

Article is great..but my question is that how do re-install the disk-defrag tool in win2000..I tested diskeeper 8.0 and when i uninstalled it...I could no longer use the built in disk defrag tool in win2000...Please help

Jay3/29/2004 11:57:41 AM

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