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coldbug
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Can the old FAT be Defrag like the others FAT 16, FAT 32 and NTFS?
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TravR1
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Windows 2000 and beyond, no. You have to reformat the drive. The defrag utility in Windows does not support 12-bit FAT partitions. I could not find any other information.
I have no idea if there are 3rd party defrag utilities that do support it.Austin Community College, certificate of completion: C++ Programming.
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Michael_Matthews
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Check out the Microsoft KB Article: Unable to Defragment Partition Smaller Than 16 MB
To second TravR1:
To work around this problem, back up the volume, reformat the volume, and then restore the backup to the volume. The data should be restored contiguously
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coldbug
Member Posts: 189
got it!! thanks guys"If you want to kick the tiger in his ass, you'd better have a plan for dealing with his teeth."