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Windows XP - Tips Section
Boot Defragment
Posted By: Byron Hinson
Last Updated: September 4th 2003
Tip Difficulty Level: Novice

A very important new feature in Microsoft Windows XP is the ability to do a boot defragment. This basically means that all boot files are placed next to each other on the disk drive to allow for faster booting.

How This Tip Works

By default this option is enabled but some upgrade users have reported that it isn't on their setup.

  1. Start Regedit.
  2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Dfrg\BootOptimizeFunction
  3. Select Enable from the list on the right.
  4. Right on it and select Modify.
  5. Change the value to Y to enable and N to disable.
  6. Reboot your computer.

 

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