Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional
Learn and master how to configure and troubleshoot Windows XP Professional.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows XP Professional
Frequently Asked Questions
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| Q. | How can I prevent disk fragmentation from happening altogether? | |
| A. | Disk fragmentation can never be prevented. The good news is that you can keep it under control. However, you need an understanding of the system and the way fragmentation occurs. To help you out in limiting disk defragmentation, you should follow these guidelines: If you want to install Windows XP, never upgrade your system, but make a clean install. If you have just one system, make it into a multiboot system. After installation of Windows XP, perform a Disk Cleanup and subsequent Disk Defragmenter. Then increase the pagefile and MFT Zone size, as described in this chapter. Next install the applications, and because most applications have compressed files, it will likely use a lot of temporary files, hence trigger fragmentation. If you install large applications it cannot hurt to run a Disk Cleanup and at least use Disk Defragmenter to analyze if defragmentation is... |
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