Defrag non-booted partition?

[Jules]

[Trusting this group is Security AND Admin - not admin of
security...]

Exec summary: is it safe to defrag a bootable partition
while booted from another partition?

[Why ask: suspicion I've been told that the registry
contains file offset data, and that if I defrag while not
booted from the partition I'm defragging then the offsets
will get screwed up and Things will go pear-shaped before
hitting the fan.]

Thanks!

 

[Curtis Clay III [MSFT]]

Hello Jules,
There is no known issue with what you suggest. Enjoy.

314848 How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314848

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