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Checklist: Defragmenting volumes

Updated: January 21, 2005

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Step	Reference
Review the overview.	Disk Defragmenter overview
Review best practices.	Best practices for Disk Defragmenter
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.	Analyze a volume
Defragment the volume.	Defragment a volume
Review the report.	Analysis and defragmentation reports

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