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>> (Also this is presumably why every defrag tool known to man fails to
>> defrag certain parts of the filesystem.)
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> That's more because bits of the kernel keep physical locations of files
> in memory (like swap, or root directory, or whatever). Also, if you
> have the file open for writing (like the registry, say), then it's rough
> to defrag while it's being written. Which is why (for example) the
> "page file defragmenter" runs during boot rather than live.
Indeed. If you could run a defragger with the filesystem unmounted, you
could move around anything you like.
Still, Windows doesn't seem to support the concept of mounting and
unmounting filesystems at will...
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