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DOS and Batch Files

Another Way to Show Fragmentation

SUMMARY: Using CHKDSK instead of DEFRAG to show hard drive fragmentation levels.

Instead of using DEFRAG, you can check individual files or groups of files to see if they are fragmented. To do so, type in 'CHKDSK filenames', where 'filenames' is a filename or group of filenames you would like to check.

For example, to check the GAMES directory for fragmentation in *.DAT files, type in this command.

CHKDSK C:\GAMES\*.DAT

CHKDSK will give you a report of each file's non-contiguous blocks. The more non-contiguous blocks a file has, the more fragmented it is.

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