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Olivier Loefgren
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Defrag without requiring "administrator privileges"?!

Hi,

I so much looked forward to defragging a slow computer on my "work", but this (in this case Jkdefrag - which I really like) didn´t work. Later I read this on this website:

"Like all defragmentation programs, JkDefrag Portable requires administrator privileges. If run from a normal account, it will automatically prompt for an admin username and password."

Is there any possibility of getting a defragger that doesn´t need any "administrator privilegies"? Maybe something to develop?

Yours, sincerely

Olivier Loefgren, Halmstad, Sweden

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Chris Morgan
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No

As it says, it's like all defragmentation programs. Defragmentation does things which only an administrator can do, like modifying special areas of the disk. It's absolutely impossible.

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8ball
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how about defragging one

how about defragging one folder ?
A normal folder, on local or ext HDD.
Does this also require admin?

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8ball

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Yes

It does. It's still fiddling with core disk stuff which if done badly is endangers all the data on the disk.

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