"Rick ???" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have two 320 Gb. SATA drives hooked up to mirror each other. When I
>access
> the Windows 'Defrag' module it shows one drive in the GUI. My question
> is:
> Do I have to break the mirror volume before defragging these drives or can
> I
> just run DEFRAG on the mirrored volume as is and Windows XP Pro will
> handle
> the process correctly?

"Rick ???" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have two 320 Gb. SATA drives hooked up to mirror each other. When I
>access
> the Windows 'Defrag' module it shows one drive in the GUI. My question
> is:
> Do I have to break the mirror volume before defragging these drives or can
> I
> just run DEFRAG on the mirrored volume as is and Windows XP Pro will
> handle
> the process correctly?

"pvdg42" wrote:

>
> "Rick ???" <Rick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:86D73F7F-DC73-41FB-B7A7-6E5C1449335F@microsoft.com...
> >I have two 320 Gb. SATA drives hooked up to mirror each other. When I
> >access
> > the Windows 'Defrag' module it shows one drive in the GUI. My question
> > is:
> > Do I have to break the mirror volume before defragging these drives or can
> > I
> > just run DEFRAG on the mirrored volume as is and Windows XP Pro will
> > handle
> > the process correctly?
>
> Not to make you feel unwelcome, but I believe you'd have much better luck if
> you asked this question in a windows group, or a group dedicated to your
> hardware.
>
> For a Windows group, you might try:
>
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.perform_maintain
>
> For a hardware-related group, try searching through Google Groups using a
> search phrase like "defragment RAID".
>
> A quick perusal of questions and answers in Google Groups indicate that you
> will be OK using the built in XP defragger.
>
>