Help - Looking to defrag folders under XP

On Jan 27, 7:25*am, (GMAN) wrote:
In article , BD wrote:





Hi, all.

I have 2 different external USB hard disks, one 3.5" under NTFS, and
one 2.5" under FAT32. I'm running XP SP2.

I really want to be able to occasionally defrag the folders on these
disks, to get them all on the same place on the disk.

I read a thread in an experts-exchange forum about XP not allowing
that kind of access under any circumstances, but Win9x allowing that
kind of direct access to the disk.

I do have a boot floppy running a Win98 command shell, and direct
support for USB hard disks on my mainboard. So I *can* access the disk
at the command shell level.

I just need to track down a tool which will do folder defrags at the
command prompt.

As to NTFS access, I believe I should be able to find some kind of
boot disk driver which would allow a 9x boot floppy to access NTFS Not
sure about that, though.

I'm really just looking to defrag folders from a 9x command shell.
That's step 1.

Any pointers greatly appreciated - this is something I've been looking
to work out for awhile, and would prefer to not have to install a full
9x OS to make it work...

Thanks!

BD

Look into this program. I believe there is a demo version of it here. It has a
defrag all files in a specific folder option.

Ultimate Defrag 2008

Info herehttp://www.disktrix.com/UDIntroduction.htm

Download trial version herehttp://www.disktrix.com/UDTrials.htm- Hide quoted text -

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That looks promising. Claims to consolidate folders right by the MFT.
Not clear whether that requires boot-time operation or whether it
could be done while the OS is fully up. But I'll find out soon enough!

Thanks for that!

Here, this can defrag whatever you list to it:

http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/
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I briefly had a look at some of the front-ends for that tool. But
before I could get a close enough look at it, I tried the tool that
GMAN was mentioning.

Seems to work like a charm!!

I may still look at the JK tool, but for now, I've done the business
on that USB disk of mine, and I'm happy.

Thanks, all!



On Jan 27, 4:48*pm, Ed Light wrote:
Here, this can defrag whatever you list to it: