Q103555: Defrag Treats Lost Clusters as Unmovable Blocks

Article: Q103555
Product(s): Microsoft Disk Operating System
Version(s): MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 03-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft MS-DOS operating system versions 6.0, 6.2, 6.21, 6.22 
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SUMMARY
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Microsoft Defragmenter (Defrag) does not detect lost clusters during the
defragmentation process. Defrag marks lost clusters as unmovable blocks ("X" on
the drive map screen display) and then proceeds to move the data around them.

Additional query words: 6.22 6.00 6.20 allocation unit non-movable nonmovable

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMSDOSSearch kbMSDOS621 kbMSDOS622 kbMSDOS620 kbMSDOS600
Version           : MS-DOS:6.0,6.2,6.21,6.22

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