My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 30%
free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with many
files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason that I
can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is slowing
the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more space on
the drive does not seem to solve the problem.

Use a third party defragmenting tool that is not crippled with the
limitations that you have with the system defragmenting utility.

PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ is one of the best.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
> small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 30%
> free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with
> many
> files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
> uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason that I
> can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
> slowing
> the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more space
> on
> the drive does not seem to solve the problem.

AND, if you order it from Amazon.com, they have a $20 rebate
on right now so it ends up costing you about $12 (just got my
copy in the mail today)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...638272-8100654

mikey

"Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Use a third party defragmenting tool that is not crippled with the
> limitations that you have with the system defragmenting utility.
>
> PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ is one of the
> best.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive
>> but
>> small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than
>> 30%
>> free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag
>> with many
>> files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
>> uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason
>> that I
>> can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
>> slowing
>> the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more
>> space on
>> the drive does not seem to solve the problem.
>
>

make sure to disable the screen saver. shutdown back ground services/apps.
then defrag a couple of times.
"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
> My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
> small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 30%
> free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with
> many
> files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
> uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason that I
> can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
> slowing
> the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more space
> on
> the drive does not seem to solve the problem.

Wonderful advise. IT WORKED when absolutely nothing else did, thank you so
much.

"Richard Urban" wrote:

> Use a third party defragmenting tool that is not crippled with the
> limitations that you have with the system defragmenting utility.
>
> PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ is one of the best.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from George Ankner:
> If you knew as much as you think you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>
> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
> > small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 30%
> > free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with
> > many
> > files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
> > uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason that I
> > can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
> > slowing
> > the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more space
> > on
> > the drive does not seem to solve the problem.
>
>
>

Thank you so much. It was remarkable....

"Mike Fields" wrote:

> AND, if you order it from Amazon.com, they have a $20 rebate
> on right now so it ends up costing you about $12 (just got my
> copy in the mail today)
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...638272-8100654
>
> mikey
>
> "Richard Urban" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Use a third party defragmenting tool that is not crippled with the
> > limitations that you have with the system defragmenting utility.
> >
> > PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ is one of the
> > best.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> >
> > Quote from George Ankner:
> > If you knew as much as you think you know,
> > You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
> >
> > "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive
> >> but
> >> small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than
> >> 30%
> >> free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag
> >> with many
> >> files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
> >> uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason
> >> that I
> >> can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
> >> slowing
> >> the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more
> >> space on
> >> the drive does not seem to solve the problem.
> >
> >
>
>

I gave up on Windows defragger and opted for the other suggestions which
worked absolutely perfectly. I doubt if there was a drive more messed up
than mine and with a bit of fiddling, it is clean as a whistle. Thank you for
your help.

"SimonRB" wrote:

> make sure to disable the screen saver. shutdown back ground services/apps.
> then defrag a couple of times.
> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive but
> > small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than 30%
> > free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag with
> > many
> > files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
> > uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason that I
> > can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
> > slowing
> > the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more space
> > on
> > the drive does not seem to solve the problem.
>
>
>

You're welcome Mike.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

"mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6C5ABABE-D72A-4331-96FD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Wonderful advise. IT WORKED when absolutely nothing else did, thank you so
> much.
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
>> Use a third party defragmenting tool that is not crippled with the
>> limitations that you have with the system defragmenting utility.
>>
>> PerfectDisk http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/ is one of the
>> best.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> Quote from George Ankner:
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>> "mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:24CBF574-FA8B-4301-9C81-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > My Drive C (in Sony laptop VGN-A190 which has large capacity D drive
>> > but
>> > small capacity C drive) is a mess and although there is now more than
>> > 30%
>> > free (I have it compacted) it is impossible to do a thorough defrag
>> > with
>> > many
>> > files remaining "scattered". Is this because of the compacting (if
>> > uncompacted it goes well below 15% free) or is there another reason
>> > that I
>> > can solve and actually completely defrag the drive which I believe is
>> > slowing
>> > the computer to a crawl... The defrag stops after 12%. Getting more
>> > space
>> > on
>> > the drive does not seem to solve the problem.
>>
>>
>>