Do we need to split up windows ( xp ) on a mac pro ?

Bonjour,
Do i need to split up windows on my mac pro ? ( "défragmenter" in french)
XP is on my first drive on a part of 120 Gb. I use boot camp.
Tank you.

Contrary to other comment,
You do not need to repartition your boot drive on a Mac Pro in order to install Windows.
You can format and install a Windows BootCamp partition on any internal drive, not just the boot drive.
I prefer not to put both on the same drive (safer, better performance for Windows).
There is a pdf manual that is part of BootCamp on Leopard or when it was downloaded off Apple in the past before it expired and was pulled. There is also the option to save instructions in the BootCamp Assistant Utility when you launch it.
The only reason to defrag is to consolidate free space, in case there is not enough free contiguous space in order to re-partition and create a 2nd partition out of the available space which can and usually is very FRAGMENTED.
The ideal (and actually quicker 99% is to backup the drive, erase, and restore and then run BootCamp again and try to partition it again...
... if I am understanding what you want to do and were asking about.

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