Q: How do I defragment my linux partition? Or can I just run the defragmenter from windows to defrag the entire drive?
A:
Unlike Windows' filesystems, most filesystems that run on Linux have no need of being defragemented because they prevent fragments from occurring in the first place.
If you use the default filesystem (ext3 or ReiserFS), you'll never have to defragment your hard drive as long as you use it.
However, a defragmenter for ext2, Minix, and old-style ext file systems is available at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/defrag-0.70.tar.gzLabels: Disk Defragment