Disk performance will have improved noticeably. Where the need for enterprise defragmentation comes in is that NT doesn't have a built-in defraggmenter, and Win 2000 comes with a lite manual version that cannot be used across a network. This version is not designed to be run remotely and cannot be scheduled to automatically defragment a volume without interaction from a logged-on user. Networkable defragmenters, however, can be run remotely from a system manager's desk, take care of fragmentation among all file types, and scheduled to run automatically across networks. A Win 2000 version is in beta test.
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