When I defrag my Drive C, it goes all the way through but the drive
remains 3% fragmented. Before it always went to 0%. Anything I can do to
get it to completely defragment the drive?

"Tom Pamin" wrote

> When I defrag my Drive C, it goes all the way through but the drive
> remains 3% fragmented. Before it always went to 0%. Anything I can do to
> get it to completely defragment the drive?

Try doing the defrag in safe mode, however with the inbuilt defrag engine
some files might not get defragmented.

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> When I defrag my Drive C, it goes all the way through but the drive
> remains 3% fragmented. Before it always went to 0%. Anything I can do to
> get it to completely defragment the drive?


Try freeing up a bit of space on the drive. You need around 20% freespace
for the defrag to work well.

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Jon

Tom

What is the name and size of file not being defragmented?

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.
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Hope this helps.

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"Tom Pamin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> When I defrag my Drive C, it goes all the way through but the drive
> remains 3% fragmented. Before it always went to 0%. Anything I can
> do to get it to completely defragment the drive? a

Tom Pamin wrote:

> When I defrag my Drive C, it goes all the way through but the drive
> remains 3% fragmented. Before it always went to 0%.

I wouldn't sweat the small stuff.

> Anything I can do to get it to completely defragment the drive?

Probably not. If you have a lot of large files, the odds of being able to
defrag completely decreases dramatically.