Microsoft KB Archive/262627

= Windows 2000 Professional Upgrade Can Cause Disk Fragmentation =

Article ID: 262627

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q262627



SYMPTOMS
After you upgrade from Microsoft Windows 95 or Microsoft Windows 98 to Windows 2000 Professional, the Disk Defragmenter tool may report that the hard disk is fragmented and should be defragmented. This behavior can occur even if you defragmented the drive before you upgraded to Window 2000 Professional.



CAUSE
During the upgrade process, many files are copied, deleted, and replaced. This can cause the drive to become defragmented.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, use the Disk Defragmenter tool to defragment the drive. To do this:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Disk Defragmenter.
 * 2) Click the disk that you want to defragment, and then click Defragment on the Action menu.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information about the Disk Defragmenter tool, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

227463 Windows 2000 Disk Defragmenter Limitations

227350 Files Excluded by Disk Defragmenter Tool

Additional query words: defrag fragment

Keywords: kbprb kbupgrade KB262627

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