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Old March 18th 07, 10:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windows.vista.file_management,microsoft.public.windows.vista.general,microsoft.public.windows.vista.installation_setup,microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance
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Default file defragmentation
In Win 95 Norton supplied the defrag. In Win2000 and later NT systems
diskkeeper did provide the defragger. Vista's does do the MFT although XP's
didn't.
"Duncan McC" wrote in message
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The defrag tool in Vista is made by Diskeeper.
Basically, this defrag tool has been embedded in to the OS since Win95.
The built in tool, to my knowledge, does not defrag the pagefile or the
MFT.
You would need to get a full version of a Defrag Software.

Just a note:
I believe Microsoft was made to remove the build-in Diskeeper from
all
the Windows OSes that were to be used by German Government.

Diskeeper has version 2007, but you have to download a patch to get it to
work with Vista.
Also, the price depends on the version of Vista you are running. It can
get
expensive.

I recently converted to PerfectDisk 8.0 by Raxco. They are the only
defrag
software that is certified to run on Vista.

It's a lot faster and does a much better job than DiskKeeper.

But anyway, to defrag the Pagefile and or the MFT, you will need a Third
Party Defrag Tool.

As long as the pagefile is not managed by the system, you shouldn't get
much
fragmentation, but the MFT on the other hand, gets heavily fragmented.

Personally, I would get PerfectDisk 8.0, it's doesn't cost a whole lot,
it's
$8 for a year of maintained, and it's the only defrager the is Certified
to
Run on Vista.

Just my .02¢

Good info.

Have you tried the SysInternals defrag util - it defrags stuff that MS's
defrag doesn't. And it's free.

MS liked them so much, they bought em!

http://www.sysinternals.com

Chit! - just went there and it redirects to MS. And guess what, the
defrag tool isn't there!

Seems to be the only one missing - thanks Microsoft.

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Duncan