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That seems to be the concensus here. A lot of people are defragging and with all the disk activity on a server, it just makes sense to do regular defrags on the server. Even on desktop computers, Windows creates and deletes a lot of temp files. Like you said, it won't hurt doing a regular defrag.

I thought Exchange had its own defrag utility?

Here's a great article about defrag you guys might be interested in. http://www.theeldergeek.com/defragmenting_a_page_file.htm

Thanks Kaycek. Those are great articles about defrag. Does Exchange come with a defrag utility?

I don't know what they're talking about. I am a network administrator and manage multiple servers and have never heard of that problem. Defragging a workstation has nothing to do with the server. I just downloaded a defrag program and configured it to run in the background. I'll find out...

Wow! Sounds like a great product. Thanks for all the replies, I will definitely try it.

Thanks linney - those are very useful and informative links.

Are you doing this? cd\docume~1\alluse~1\docume~1\websites\htdocs\mysubd~1\galler~1\imgs\thumbs~1 You mention that you only get as far as img, there might be an 8 sub folder limit. Just like DOS naming can only take 8 characters.

How much total space do you have on your Windows 2000 server and how long does it take to defrag them?

How many of you guys defrag your workstation or server on a regular basis? Do you use the one that came with Windows or do you have a third party program?

You can also try uninstalling your network card from Device Manager. Restart your computer and Windows should automatically install the network card and whatever driver it needs. You should also perform regular disk cleanup and defrag.

Yap, sounds like a spyware problem. Download and run Microsoft AntiSpyware a few times and make sure that you restart your computer after each run. Make sure that you have the latest Windows patch and anti virus definition file. You should also regularly perform disk cleanup and defrag on...

A lot of the viruses install executable files to Windows and windows\system32. It could have been a virus or a spyware on the system32 folder that Norton wanted to delete. Download Microsoft's AntiSpyware and run it a few times. Perform disk cleanup and disk defrag on your hard drive too.