Checklist: Defragmenting volumes
Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2
Checklist: Defragmenting volumes
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Review the overview. |
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Review best practices. |
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Confirm that you are a member of the Administrators group. If you have access to the administrator account and password, it is a security best practice to log on as a user that is not a member of the Administrators group and run Disk Defragmenter by right-clicking the Disk Defragmenter icon, and then clicking Run as. |
Default local groups; Why you should not run your computer as an administrator; Run a program with administrative credentials |
Analyze the volume. |
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Defragment the volume. |
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Review the report. |