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Why Space Allocations Fail

The real problem is that space requests are failing. The term fragmented just explains why the requests are failing at a point in time. Why not just free up more space? A defrag operation usually means locking up the volume for several minutes, which often means running your entire machine in stand-alone mode as well. This is pretty severe just to gain some free space.