Windows XP Defragmentation

[Unknown]

Ever notice the enormous number of problems in these newsgroups that are
either associated with or caused by Norton?.
"Vals56" > wrote in message
...
> I totally agree with Steve. Never had any problems with Norton defragger
in
> both SW2002 and SW2003. It works differently from WinXP native one, but
> does the job just fine. It is definitely faster than the native one.
There
> are some files that are better defragged by Norton and some that are
better
> defragged by the native one. Try to run Speed Disk Analysis in Norton.
In
> the bottom right pane it'll give you the list of the most fragmented
files.
> That can give you some clue to what causes excessive defragmentation.
>
> All the best
> Val
> "Scott" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I use Systemworks 2003 for computer maintenance. Every 2
> > to 3 days, I get the warning that my harddrive is too
> > fragmented (alarm is set to 60% fragmented). Why is my
> > harddrive fragmenting so quickly???
>
>

[Andrew E.]

Open cmd prompt,type:Defrag /?
A list of all the options will show.You'll also find
running defrag from cmd sometimes works better,just type
Defrag C: (C: being the drive letter)
>-----Original Message-----
>The strangest thing. When I was using Windows XP Pro
>without the built in SP 1 my drive always defragmented no
>matter what.
>
>I purchased a second copy of Windows XP Pro with SP 1
>built in for use on the same computer and the drive
>becomes fragmented after small installations and stays
>that way but there is never a list of files that are
>fragmented. The defragmentation report is always blank.
>
>Odd.
>
>Any ideas?
>.
>