Defragment
How much disk space is required to perform a defragment
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October 17, 2007 10:47 PM
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February 1, 2012 8:42 AM
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In all versions of Windows you should have at a minimum 15% of the drive you are defragmenting free. The more space you have the more efficiently MS can handle the defragment.
The reason for this is during a defrag your OS is moving files around for more efficient access. I have come tp find if you have at least 30% free it will go A LOT faster! Defragment often and you will have a much speedier system. <a href="http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/06/it-must-be-defrag-day-why-not-script-it.html">There are great ways for automating your defragementing like this article from AskTheAdmin.</a>
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There is no disk required to perform a defragmentation utility. The most important thing is to maintain the defragmentation for your hard disk at a regular basis.
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The built in requires about 15% but some third party utilities do it with leser free space. However its always a good idea to prevent fragmentation from growing beyond a certain level since it can take sluggishness to severe slowdowns and also cause freezes or lockups in advanced stages.