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How to Fragment an NTFS Partition
Two formulas that will create fragmentation.
Bradlee Sweigart
March 31, 1996
1 Min Read
Diskeeper's Fragmentation Monitor lets you demonstrate the fragmentation ofan NT File System (NTFS) partition. Try one of the following formulas:
Formula 1:
After you load Diskeeper, create an 82MB NTFS partition and format it.
Start the Fragmentation Monitor.
Drag the WINNT35 directory into the new 82MB partition.
Delete the SYSTEM32 subdirectory from this partition.
Copy the WINSERV.DLL file from your original SYSTEM32 subdirectory into thenew partition. (Note that you will be copying a 1.75MB file into a partitionwith more than 70MB of free space.)
Observe what happens on the Fragmentation Monitor.
Delete WINSERV.DLL from the new partition, and then copy it in again.
Observe the results.
Repeat steps 7 and 8 as often as you like. The results will be differenteach time.
Formula 2:
Compress a couple of your directories, or uncompress a couple of previouslycompressed directories. Either action will create fragmentation.
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