Tom,
Wonderful! Thanks!
One followup question: Must I restore those attributes for any
(functional) reason after the defrag? (I mean, is there any reason
something (in Windows) would not work because the attributes have been
changed?)
Thanks,
Randy Kramer
Tom Brinkman wrote:
> Boot to DOS, then you need to strip the hidden and system
> attributes from all files. These are the files that defrag can't move.
> IIRC, that would be 'attrib -s-r-h *.*' on the CL in C:\. At least you
> don't need to be root ;> Check the syntax before you try it
> ('attrib /?'), it's been a _long_ time since I've fooled around in
> Winblows. Defrag also does a better job if you Uncheck the 'speed up
> programs' option and run it several times.
>
> While you're at the DOS prompt, you can also clean up and compress
> your registry. 'scanreg /fix', followed with 'scanreg /opt'
