Defrag data disk

Hi,
The disks on which my databases are stored is heavily
fragmented. This because of wrong database grow settings.
Can I use the Windows system tool: Disk Defragmenter to
defragment my disk or will SQL not like this?
Thanks,
Jeroen.I believe you can, so long as the block size <= 4KB.
You will need to stop sql server if you want the data files defragemented
"Jeroen" <nieuwdamsigt@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> The disks on which my databases are stored is heavily
> fragmented. This because of wrong database grow settings.
> Can I use the Windows system tool: Disk Defragmenter to
> defragment my disk or will SQL not like this?
> Thanks,
> Jeroen.|||"Jeroen" <nieuwdamsigt@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:006101c3c31f$9e391750$a101280a@.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
> The disks on which my databases are stored is heavily
> fragmented. This because of wrong database grow settings.
> Can I use the Windows system tool: Disk Defragmenter to
> defragment my disk or will SQL not like this?
>
Also your disks may appear more fragmented than they really are.
If you have a few large files that are in 2 fragments, you disk can report
as being 90% fragmented without this being a big deal.
David