Celeron 690Mhz HDD =900 Mb 23% free XP Pro SP2
After defragmentation there is one large red block. Why do files remain
fragmented?

Not all files need to be defragmented.

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Ted Zieglar
"You can do it if you try."

"Sally F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Celeron 690Mhz HDD =900 Mb 23% free XP Pro SP2
> After defragmentation there is one large red block. Why do files remain
> fragmented?

Could it be that you don't have enough free space on the hard drive to allow
the defragmenting to take place?


"Sally F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Celeron 690Mhz HDD =900 Mb 23% free XP Pro SP2
> After defragmentation there is one large red block. Why do files remain
> fragmented?

Sally

Have you looked in the Report? It could be the Master File Table -see
report.

The amount of free space is very important when running Disk
Defragmenter. A
minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
partition
contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second
and third
time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put
files more prone to
fragment in their own partitions.

If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
running
Disk Defragmenter is helpful.

Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a
fragmented file is
larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is
not fragmented.
Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around
and can
reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
more free
space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
will be
eliminated.

Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in
use whilst
Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting
Utilities e.g.
Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space.
Another option is to
place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
located as the first
partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at
the original
location.
http://www.raxco.com/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
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"Sally F" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:BB48334E-20A1-43FB-9FA9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Celeron 690Mhz HDD =900 Mb 23% free XP Pro SP2
> After defragmentation there is one large red block. Why do files
> remain
> fragmented?

Gerry's explained all tht was needed, so well too
Sally, did u try to defragment in the safe mode? if some program was
running at the time the defragmenter was doing its job, its likely it
didnt do a proper job. Also run chkdsk before you defragment. A third
party tool that defrags the MFT and paging file will also be good
option as its faster too.

Gerry Cornell Wrote:
> Sally
>
> Have you looked in the Report? It could be the Master File Table -see
> report.
>
> The amount of free space is very important when running Disk
> Defragmenter. A
> minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive
> /
> partition
> contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a
> second
> and third
> time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put
> files more prone to
> fragment in their own partitions.
>
> If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
> running
> Disk Defragmenter is helpful.
>
> Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a
> fragmented file is
> larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files
> is
> not fragmented.
> Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files
> around
> and can
> reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list.
> The
> more free
> space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all
> fragments
> will be
> eliminated.
>
> Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk
> Defragmenter.
> Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is
> in
> use whilst
> Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting
> Utilities e.g.
> Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space.
> Another option is to
> place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is
> best
> located as the first
> partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file
> at
> the original
> location.
> http://www.raxco.com/
>
> ~~~~~~
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FCA
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> "Sally F" (E-Mail Removed) wrote in message
> news:BB48334E-20A1-43FB-9FA9-(E-Mail Removed)...-
> Celeron 690Mhz HDD =900 Mb 23% free XP Pro SP2
> After defragmentation there is one large red block. Why do files
> remain
> fragmented?-


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