Disk Imaging & Fragmented NTFS Volumes

I'm getting "Disk defragmenter could not initialize" error message. MS doc
#kb 274106 says its due to a high fragmented ntfs volume & MFT. The
resolution is to do a complete backup & restore of the volume. Would a disk
imaging program such as "Ghost" or "Drive Image" work easier & faster?
Anyone familiar with imaging programs and any advice?

I have SBS 2000 c/w hardware RAID-5, 2 logical drives 1 & 2

1 - Basic C: (high fragmented boot drive)
1 - Basic F: (exchange files)
1 - Dynamic E: (data files)

Can I create an image on another partition like E: & then restore it to C:

Mark
Wed Jan 14 20:47:57 CST 2004

scan disk it first and if that doesn't help, try 3rd party disk
defragmenters.

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Sincerely,
Mark Mancini, CCA, CCNA, Master CIW&CI, CNE 4&5, MCSE+I 4&2000
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"W. Leong" <wleong@quadrapacific.com> wrote in message
news:NngNb.16973$Eq.3747@clgrps12...
> I'm getting "Disk defragmenter could not initialize" error message. MS
doc
> #kb 274106 says its due to a high fragmented ntfs volume & MFT. The
> resolution is to do a complete backup & restore of the volume. Would a
disk
> imaging program such as "Ghost" or "Drive Image" work easier & faster?
> Anyone familiar with imaging programs and any advice?
>
> I have SBS 2000 c/w hardware RAID-5, 2 logical drives 1 & 2
>
> 1 - Basic C: (high fragmented boot drive)
> 1 - Basic F: (exchange files)
> 1 - Dynamic E: (data files)
>
> Can I create an image on another partition like E: & then restore it to C:
>
>
>

Jim
Thu Jan 15 07:17:38 CST 2004

Also note that if you are not doing Exchange aware backups you could
have a lot of files that will disappear with a good backup.

Moving the client apps folder can clear up some space on the C: drive.

Deleting old log files after you do the Exchange aware program can
reclaim space.

Deleting old dump files with the *.dmp search can sometimes recover a
lot of space. After you do all this disk cleanup and the check disk
utilities Mark recommended you may have luck.

I sometimes download Diskkeeper from Executive Software. They have a
trial version that does some good defrag stuff that the basic
Microsoft program does not do.

"Mark Mancini" <info@NOSPAMmcse2000.com> wrote:

>scan disk it first and if that doesn't help, try 3rd party disk
>defragmenters.

Jim B. SBS MVP
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