On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:29:06 -0700, Fern wrote:



Is there a tool that will allow this?

Yes, and since drives fragment all the time, defragging while
using it will not interfere much in how many are still fragmented when
it's done.

I have a Windows XP Pro laptop.

First check your drives need defragging.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/ult...release/7.1.3/

I use the portable version:

ultradefrag-portable-7.1.3.bin.i386.zip

Unzip that, run it and select all your partitions. Press F5
It will analyze all your partitions.
I don't defrag unless fragmentation is 4%

If the drive is badly fragmented, I use MyDefrag.

https://filehippo.com/download_mydefrag/

Usually the "weekly" option. "System Disk Weekly" for the C:
drive, and "Data Disk Weekly" for the others.
It'll put large data files at the end of the partition, and
frequently used and executable/boot files at the beginning. And leave
a "gap" for files that might be in use.

If your drive is not badly fragmented, I'd look for other
culprits for the "slowness".
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