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Will try the suggestions. I had disabled all SQL services and just was wondering each time I ran defreag it would tell me to defrag again.
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Will try the suggestions. I had disabled all SQL services and just was wondering each time I ran defreag it would tell me to defrag again.

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I was running defrag on my W2003 Servers and after it defrag the first time, when I click to Analyze after the defrag, it suggests degragging again. Is this normal? Will it actually defrag again? Does it make sense to keep defragging until it does not suggest defragging? I had turned off all SQL Services and will not start them again until defrag is done. I have seen several notes about not applying 3rd party defrag utilities on a server. Is the Windows version sufficent or are there ones certified for servers?
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I was running defrag on my W2003 Servers and after it defrag the first time, when I click to Analyze after the defrag, it suggests degragging again. Is this normal? Will it actually defrag again? Does it make sense to keep defragging until it does not suggest defragging? I had turned off all SQL Services and will not start them again until defrag is done. I have seen several notes about not applying 3rd party defrag utilities on a server. Is the Windows version sufficent or are there ones certified for servers?

Why does defrag analysis always suggest running degrag again?

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.