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Windows built in defrag is not very... &quot;ROBUST&quot;. &nbsp;Unless you want to go to a completely third party defrag solution like PerfectDisk, I would suggest manually defragging these large files with Contig.<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx</a><br />
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It's a single (or multi with wildcards) file defragmentation utility created by Sysinternals (now owned by Microsoft).
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Windows built in defrag is not very... "ROBUST".  Unless you want to go to a completely third party defrag solution like PerfectDisk, I would suggest manually defragging these large files with Contig.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897428.aspx]

It's a single (or multi with wildcards) file defragmentation utility created by Sysinternals (now owned by Microsoft).

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Hello keflanigan,<br />
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PST file cannot be defrag with the tool that came with Windows.<br />
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Here is how to defrag Outlook PST file<br />
<a href="http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1245588,00.html" rel="ugc">http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1245588,00.html</a><br />
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Hope this helps!<br />
war1
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Hello keflanigan,

PST file cannot be defrag with the tool that came with Windows.

Here is how to defrag Outlook PST file
http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1245588,00.html [http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid43_gci1245588,00.html]

Hope this helps!
war1

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Thank you!!! &nbsp; Great user interface and very easy! &nbsp;
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Thank you!!!   Great user interface and very easy!  

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Even if I have made sure Outlook is not running, using Task Manager, degrag still seems to want to skip over .pst files. &nbsp;How can I defragment .pst files? &nbsp;
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Even if I have made sure Outlook is not running, using Task Manager, degrag still seems to want to skip over .pst files.  How can I defragment .pst files?  

Defraging Outlook

Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an email application, it also includes a calendar, task manager, contact manager, note-taker, journal, and web browser.