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Defrag options in Windows Server 2012

I am looking at the command line options for defrag.exe as well as the "ScheduledDefrag" task on Windows Server 2012, and I don't understand some of the arguments. In particular, when I view defrag /? I see: /D Perform traditional defrag (this…
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defrag /x - consolidate free space not really working - Windows Server 2012

I am trying to shrink my 300GB partition. There is just 50GB used. So I ran defrag c: /x which should consolidate free space ("Free-space consolidation is useful if you need to shrink a volume, and it can reduce fragmentation of future…
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VMplayer Virtual Disk Shrinking/Compacting/Defragmenting

I am using VMplayer on Windows 7 and 2008 R2. Inside the guest OS, in VMware tools, there is a "Prepare to shrink" option on the "Shrink" tab. In the host VMplayer menu there is "Defragment" and "Compact" options (available when the VM is shut…
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Can a tmpfs become fragmented?

Since a tmpfs exists only in memory, can it become fragmented like memory can? Are there mechanisms to automatically defragment the memory, and thus increase - even slightly - the access speed of stored files?
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How to cancel btrfs defragmentation

How can I cancel a btrfs defragmentation? With btrfs fi balance / you can use btrfs balance cancel /. I can find no option for defragmentation. How can I safely cancel?
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How do I move the physical location of $MFTMirr, to allow resizing the partition?

When an NTFS volume is created, the first four entries of the MFT are copied and placed halfway the volume in the $MFTMirr file. According to Microsoft, since XP these files (metadata files) can be moved, but in practice I don't seem to be able to…
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It is possible move a specific file to the beginning of the disk?

It is possible move a specific file to the beginning of the disk? I want to move my virtual machine disk files (virtual disk) to the beginning of the disk to improve disk access performance. I believe that this is possible because some…
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Need to stop SQL Server when using Disk Defragmenter?

Our provider told me today that I should stop Microsoft SQL Server and other database systems like MySQL when using the Windows Disk Defragmenter. Otherwise, the database might get corrupted. Since I never heard about such a scenario and have some…
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Remotely force a defragmentation

First, the computers are of around 21 Win 7 Machines and 29 Win XP machines. The DC is a Win2k8 server and the Mail server is Win2k3 I need to force a remote defragmentation on roughly 50 computers. They have been complaining of slow performance…
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Server Harddrive Defragment

We have a database server with U2 installed on a windows 2003 server with RAID5 setup. I'm wanting to use Diskkeeper to defragment the different partitions. Has anyone ever ran into any issues or data loss when defragmenting a drive? Are there any…
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Is Windows able to run Disk Optimize with SQL Server running?

I've just inherried a SQL Server, where the database file growth was set to 1MB. So there are a lot of databases (>25) that have grown in small increments until now (currently totalling 300 GB). So I thought the hard disk must be really fragmented,…
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Should I defrag RAID Array with SSD caching(Intel SRT)?

I have an SSD in system and a RAID 0 array with SSD caching turned on(Intel SRT or Intel Smart Response Tech.). Should i defrag it? Also have a problems with windows defragmentator. It detects my raid array as SSD and was not able to defrag it. So…
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Is Weekly Online Defrag of SBS 2003 Exchange Store Frequent Enough?

(this post is a bit lengthy, so advTHANKSance for those who who stick with it to the end) I have a client whose SBS 2003 server suddenly started crashing every night. The symptoms of the crash itself were weird. Generally the system would just…
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what's a reliable and fast defrag for Win2k8/IIS7 server?

We inherited several Win2k8/II7 that host about 40 websites each. The drives are nearly full at all times, and while we're working on moving a lot of files to the Amazon S3, files are constantly being written and deleted. These are mostly images and…
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Copy File Contiguously to Disk from OSX/Unix/Linux to FAT32 FS?

So the Sysinternals guys have that cool contig.exe utility that allows me ensure a file is contiguous. I need to copy overs ISO files to a FAT32 USB flash key. Grub4DOS requires the files be continuous, but I do not have Windows access at the…
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