Now, when you click on "My Computer" or "This PC" the mapped network drive or folder is displayed as drive "Z", alongside your "C" and "D" drives (for example).Įven though the network "Z" drive appears as if it were part of your system, the truth is that your wife's PC still "owns" this drive as far asįile permissions are concerned. If you then right click an available shared drive (or folder), you can map the network drive to your PC - let's call it drive "Z". Normally if you go to "My Computer" or "This PC", then click on the "Network" icon, then click on a specific network computer, Windows will display all the available shared folders pertaining to a particular PC. Let's assume that your wife has a PC on the network and she's given everyone on the network access to one of her folders. Why Defragging a Network Drive isn't Possibleįirst, I'll explain why defragging over a network won't work.
Workaround to defragging a network drive, and I'll explain in detail below. Simply put: your systemĭoes not have permission to move these files around. Is not possible - the easiest way to explain "why" is that the remote drives are The reason you can't find a program to defrag a network drive is because this
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Any suggestions on how to defrag a network drive, or a program that can provide this functionality? " I have several drives on my network that I'd like to defrag, but none of the defrag software programs I've tried allow me to defrag a network drive.
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