Since no one answered the question on list directly, thought I'd pass on 
the info for everyone's benefit:

The needed files for a Windows XP pc to run defrag are found in the

c:\windows\i386 

folder.  If you look at that directory, and your pc is able to normally 
run defrag, you will see a bunch of files all beginning with defrag in 
their file name including
defrag.ex_ and defrag.hl_
Don't have those files for whatever reason, then trying to run the program 
from the run dialogue or from within system tools simply cannot happen.  

Thanks again for all of the answers and suggestions.





- "The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity.
The main
vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery." –
Winston Churchill




On Sun, 16 Oct 2011, Mike Pietruk wrote:

> I'm restoring an old XP Service Pack 3 machine and wanted to run defrag on 
> it.  Well, it wasn't in the systems tools menu nor, when the def\rag 
> command was iisued, it wouldn't run.
> So I am guessing that somehow it at some point was deleted.
> 
> I looked on another XP machine but couldn't find it anywhere in the 
> c:\windows or c:\windows\system32 folders.
> Can anyone tell me where it is, what is it called, or alternatively where 
> I might download it from.
> In Googling this, I come up with all sorts of 3rd party add-ons, but what 
> I want at this point is the real mccoy, ie, the defrag tool from 
> microsoft.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - "The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity.
> The main
> vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery." –
> Winston Churchill
> 
> 
> 
> 


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