Analyze
and Defragment a Disk Volume in Windows 2000
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SUMMARY
Analyzing and Defragmenting
Disk Volumes
How to Analyze a Disk Volume
How to Defragment a Disk
Volume
SUMMARY
This step-by-step
guide is intended for users who want to perform maintenance on disk
volumes on Windows 2000-based servers or desktops. Analyzing and
defragmenting disk volumes can help to preserve the performance and
general operation of the system.
Analyzing and Defragmenting Disk Volumes
Because defragmenting a disk volume can take a long time
(depending on the size of the volume, the number of files, the percentage
of fragmentation, and the availability of system resources), you should
analyze volumes before defragmenting them, to decide whether or not it is
worthwhile to take the time to run the defragmentation process.
How to Analyze a Disk Volumewww.tartoos.com
To check for fragmented files and folders on a volume:
1.
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point
to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.
2.
Click the volume that you wand to analyze.
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3.
Click Analyze to begin the analysis.
4.
Review the results of the analysis after it is complete by
clicking View Report. If the analysis tool recommends that the volume be
defragmented, follow the steps in the next section.
How to Defragment a Disk Volume
1.
If the Disk Defragmenter tool is not already running, click
Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and
then click Disk Defragmenter.
2.
Click the volume that you want to defragment.
3.
Click Defragment to begin the operation.
4.
Review the progress of the operation in the Defragmentation
Display window. Fragmented files on the disk appear in red, contiguous
files are blue, and system files are green. The goal is to eliminate most
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Troubleshooting
Although any user can gain access to the Disk Defragmenter
tool, the ability to analyze or defragment a volume requires administrator
privileges. To run the defragmentation operation you must be logged on as
an administrator or as a member of the local Administrators group.
The information in this article applies to:www.tartoos.com
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
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