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Unfortunately in most cases this file isnt saved in a contiguous manner but rather in a catch-as-catch-can fassion. Read more about the fragmentation phenomenon to fully understand the facts. To prevent this you need to create an empty placebo file that takes 1/8 of your hard drive capacity:
1. Click on Start/Run and enter cmd. Change to your system partition using the cd.. command followed by Enter.
2. Enter fsutil file createnew emptyfile.txt 10000000000. Replace the large number with 1/8 of your hard disk capacity in byte. E.g. on a 40 GB partition or hard disk you need to go with 5.000.000.000 bytes. This creates a 5 GB file. Now, delete this file and perform the conversion using the cvtarea-parameter (see the conversion guide). The MFT fills up the empty space created by this command and is not fragmented.
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