Defragmenting drives which contain priv1 and pub1.edb files.

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Just wondering if defraging a hard drive which contain's the priv1.edb and
pub1.edb files is looking for trouble? I notice the defragmenting process
states it's moving these exchange files but it doesn't seem to effect users?
Is this a bad/good thing? I'm not trying to defrag these Exchange file's just
the rest of the hard drive.

Regards,

Brett

 

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Never heard of any problems in this. Some files are unmovable as a
standard, and defrag won't touch in-use or locked files. All the same, I'd
probably use a commercial application designed specifically for servers
rather than the built-in defragger...

"Brett Mason" <BrettMason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C07E427E-8B05-4A14-821E-2BF3319A2A2E@microsoft.com...
> Just wondering if defraging a hard drive which contain's the priv1.edb and
> pub1.edb files is looking for trouble? I notice the defragmenting process
> states it's moving these exchange files but it doesn't seem to effect
users?
> Is this a bad/good thing? I'm not trying to defrag these Exchange file's
just
> the rest of the hard drive.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brett

 

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No issues. Microsoft's defrag APIs support defragmenting these files
safely.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.


"Brett Mason" <BrettMason@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C07E427E-8B05-4A14-821E-2BF3319A2A2E@microsoft.com...
> Just wondering if defraging a hard drive which contain's the priv1.edb and
> pub1.edb files is looking for trouble? I notice the defragmenting process
> states it's moving these exchange files but it doesn't seem to effect
users?
> Is this a bad/good thing? I'm not trying to defrag these Exchange file's
just
> the rest of the hard drive.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brett