Here is more on the subject.
23 Ways To Speed WinXP Without Defrag
http://www.techbuilder.org/recipes/59201471
While it was true that defragmenting helped older PCs, it no longer
applies. Today we have 7200-RPM (rotations per minute) hard-disk drives
with improved seek and latency times; many also contain an 8-MB cache
buffer. Let's not forget Windows XP's ultra-efficient NTFS (NT File
System). For PCs, servers, and workstations equipped with these
innovations, defragmenting no longer makes much improvement, if any, to
system performance.
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Complete defrag.
Turn off Pagefile, reboot & go into Safe Mode & defrag.
Reboot & turn Pagefile back on
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Enable or disable boot defrag
http://www.rdisruption.com/docs/xp%...ce tweaks.htm
A great new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot
defragment. This places all boot files next to each other on the disk
to allow for faster booting. By default this option in enables but on
some builds it is not so below is how to turn it on.
Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our
FAQ on how to get started.
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftDfrgBootOptimiz
eFunction
Select Enable from the list on the right.
Right on it and select Modify.
Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
Reboot your computer.
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SpeeDefrag
http://www.webgrid.co.uk/system_7.html
http://www.geocities.com/coolvicki7/
Wanna defrag you hard disk fast?
Just download SpeeDefrag and experience the difference.
SpeeDefrag is a program which restarts your computer and runs only
defrag.exe with optimized windows settings. This makes defrag work
faster. SpeeDefrag will automatically shutdown your computer after
completing the defragmentation process.
For Win/98/Me/Xp Only.
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Description of the New Command Line Defrag.exe Included with Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;283080
This article describes the Defrag.exe command line utility that is
included with Windows XP. The Defrag.exe command line utility is
specifically designed for scripting and for use by system
administrators. To defragment a volume using Windows, follow these
steps:
Right-click My Computer, and then click Open.
Right-click the volume that you want to defragment, and then click
Properties.
Click the Tools tab, and then click Defragment Now.
Click Defragment.
Click View Report to view the Defragmentation Report, which displays
detailed information about the volume that you defragmented.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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Automatic Hard Drive Maintenance
http://jeffwalso.tripod.com/batch.htm
Batch files trace their lineage back to DOS, but they're still handy
for everyday Windows chores. This one scans your hard drive for errors
and then defrags it automatically. If you have the appropriate apps,
you can make it scan for viruses, back up data, and perform other
chores. Click here to download the file and instructions for Windows
XP.
http://ftp.pcworld.com/pub/printmag...try_batch1c.zip
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http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
Defrag All Hard Drives as a Scheduled Task
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scripts/defrag_all2.vbs
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Delete Hiberfil.sys in Windows XP before defragmenting
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10...tml?tag=nl.e064
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html
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Context Menu Entry To Auto Defrag Drives
http://www.thosecomputergeeks.net/ow.asp?ContextMenuEntryToAutoDefragDrives
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Files That You Cannot Defragment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp
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How to Defragment Your Disk Drive Volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;314848
SUMMARY
This article describes how to defragment your disk drive volumes and
describes the limitations of using Disk Defragmenter Microsoft
Management Console (MMC) that is included with Windows XP.
MORE INFORMATION
Disk Defragmenter MMC is based on the full retail version of Executive
Software Diskeeper. The version that is included with Windows XP and
later provides limited functionality in maintaining disk performance by
defragmenting volumes that use the FAT, FAT32, or NTFS file system.
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5) Defrag "Tricks"
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-03.htm
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
Sysinternals' free PageDefrag > Win2K/XP
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/contig.shtml
Sysinternals' free Contig
Defrag "Tricks"
Hi Fred, Here's a bunch of tricks I'd like to share with your readers.
It's all about one thing: hard disk defragmentation.
If you ask the Win2K/XP's defragmenter run on a hard disk, it can't
defrag things such as registry files in use, or the virtual memory file
(pagefile.sys). So here's the first trick
use Sysinternals' free PageDefrag available at
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
that does the job, with one cool option it can automatically do it at
every boot. I choose this, with no problem at all.
After Win2K/XP' defragmenter runs (on GUI mode), if you click on the
"display report" button, many times you can see that for some reasons
(mostly available space I think) some nonsystem files stay - sometimes
very - fragmented. Trick #2 here you can use Sysinternals' free Contig
(
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/contig.shtml ).
It's a command-line tool that instantly defrags any file you want
(except the aforementioned).
But if the fragmented files are many, the task can be daunting. That's
where trick #3 comes: choose to save the report file, and use the
attached file (configReport.cmd). It takes the report file as argument,
parses it and does a "contig" on every file it finds referenced. Feel
free to improve it as you like.
Now, for a quick, everyday way of working, here's the 4th trick: when
you choose to save the report from Win2K/XP's defragmenter, choose a
filename with an unused extension (for instance VolumeG.txt.dfl or
VolumeG.txt.defragreportfile).
Then double-click this file, choose "Select the program in a list",
then "Browse...", select contigReport.cmd, click OK.
From now on, whenever you double-click any file like
VolumeG.txt.defragreportfile (or whatever extension you chose), an
automatic defrag will be done on them. ) Enjoy, MLL
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Defragment the MFT ( master file table ) , download Diskeeper
Professional trial version
http://www.windows-defrag.com/download_center.htm
http://www.pcquest.com/content/technology/102031401.asp
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Power Defragmenter
http://www.excessive-software.tk/
Power Defragmenter is based on Sysinternals defragmentation "engine".
Basically its just a very advanced GUI for the Sysinternals core
application which takes defragmentation process to a whole new level.
Very high defragmentation speed, efficiency and ease of use.
Such high speed is only available with Sysinternals defragmentation
"engine".
Thanks again to Sysinternals Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell.
Version 1.8 and later features new PowerMode which provides even higher
defragmentation rate.
Power Defragmenter is a stand-alone application (extract&use) which
works only in Windows 2000/XP
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DefragMentor Lite CL
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=4&cat=014
http://www.defragmentor.com/dmlcl/en/home.asp
DefragMentor Lite CL is the FREE command line utility for defragmenting
a single file or a group of files. Besides, with DefragMentor Lite CL
you can obtain information about file fragments and free disk
fragments. DefragMentor Lite CL is perfect for automated file-based
defragmenting. It works with FAT, FAT32, NTFS, and compressed NTFS
files in Windows NT 4.0/2000 environment.
DefragMentor Premium (beta)
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=4&cat=014
http://www.defragmentor.com/dmp/en/home.asp
DefragMentor Premium is a file defragmentation product, which improves
performance of your personal computer or server by defragmenting large
and system files.
Unlike competitors, DefragMentor Premium does not attempt to defragment
your hard drive as a whole, but rather defragments certain sets of
files (pre-set or user-defined), allowing very quick optimization of
your system. With DefragMentor Premium key files affecting your
computer performance will always be in a good shape thus making the
system and applications work faster.
DefragMentor Premium can be used by both IT System Administrators to
defragment large database, system and shared files on a server, as well
as by home/business users to defragment frequently used files such as
mailboxes, personal databases, graphics and video files on their
personal computers.
DefragMentor Premium features the wizard-like interface, so no specific
knowledge is required to run a simple optimization. DefragMentor
Premium can be set to start automatically when your system is idle.
Note: DefragMentor Premium can be installed on any computer running
Windows 2003, Windows XP or Windows 2000. If you want to use the
product with Windows NT 4.0 make sure Service Pack 2 and Internet
Explorer 5.0 or higher are installed.
DefragNT
http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?page=4&cat=014
http://geocities.com/andreigaceff/DefragNT.html
DefragNT presents the user with many options for disk defragmenting
(including various file sorting criterias) and many informations about
the opened partition. It is a visual-rich tool which will even allow
you moving a specific portion of a specific file to a specific
location.
Note: Only OSes built on the NT kernel newer than 3.5 are supported.
FAT partition support for Windows NT4, Windows 2000, Windows XP and
newer. NTFS partitions supported only beginning with Windows XP.
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