Re: DEFRAG useless in XP PRO



===> "wa5dxp" <wdxp@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Anyone else notice that the builit-in DEFRAG progam is
virutally
: useless in XP? If you look at the display of before and after,
they
: are almost identical.
===> No, if the drive was fragmented to start with, the two
windows are NOT identical. If the drive was NOT fragmented,
well, then, there's nothing to do, so there will NOT be any
difference! Duh!
:
: One day I sat there and did repeated defrags, and the drive
never did
: improve any that I can see. Is there a fix for this?
===> Well duh, there was nothing to defrag!

Also, you won't see a difference in the "estimated" images until
AFTER the defrag is completed, IFF there is anything to defrag.
Count your blessings.
:
: Defrag in W2000 works perfectly, you can see the graphical
difference,
: but XP appears worthless to me.


Then go back to W2000 if you feel that way. Why use a system you
think isn't working right?

Pop


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