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From: Jose on 23 Dec 2009 08:55
On Dec 23, 6:23 am, "Binary" <Bin...(a)nospam.microsoft.news> wrote:
> Is it possible defragment hard disk on win98(FAT32), 20Gb, and only 1.5Gb
> free space? If so, how much time it may take?

There is no - "like at least 2GB".

MS says you need 15% free for defrag to do it's thing:

The volume must have at least 15 percent free space for Defrag to
completely and adequately defragment it. Defrag uses this space as a
sorting area for file fragments. If a volume has less than 15 percent
free space, Defrag only partially defragments it.
From: Bob I on 23 Dec 2009 09:14
It will go a LOT faster if you MOVE a couple GB more off to an external
drive.

Binary wrote:

> Is it possible defragment hard disk on win98(FAT32), 20Gb, and only
> 1.5Gb free space? If so, how much time it may take?

From: Bob I on 23 Dec 2009 09:16
It will be slow, and how long, until it is finished. Hours at a minimum.

Binary wrote:

> Is it possible defragment hard disk on win98(FAT32), 20Gb, and only
> 1.5Gb free space? If so, how much time it may take?

From: Tim Slattery on 23 Dec 2009 10:30
"Binary" <Binary(a)nospam.microsoft.news> wrote:

>Is it possible defragment hard disk on win98(FAT32), 20Gb, and only 1.5Gb
>free space? If so, how much time it may take?

You'd probably get better answers by posting this in
microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion.

I think the answer is yes, it is possible. It will probably take a
long time, but how long depends on a lot of things: degree of
fragmentation, disk speed, CPU speed,what else your computer is doing
at the same time, etc, etc.

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From: Twayne on 25 Dec 2009 22:50
In news:eZYdWJ8gKHA.6096(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl,
Binary <Binary(a)nospam.microsoft.news> typed:
> Is it possible defragment hard disk on win98(FAT32), 20Gb, and only
> 1.5Gb free space? If so, how much time it may take?

Best solution: Try it!

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