Sorry if this question has already been discussed in the
past. I use Windows XP Home and regularly use
defragmenter.

Up until recently it always defragmented files AND
compacted them together. However, for the last couple of
weeks, even though I have ran it a "million" times, I can
get my files defragmented by there is a large free space
stuck in between my files. This isn't unmoveable green
space representing my Page File.

Is there a way to force defragmenter to compact the
files. Like I said, I have been trying for a couple of
weeks to get rid of this "white" space between my files
with no luck

It is not necessary for your hard disk to be "compacted", and XP's
defragmenter does not seek to do this. Why do you feel that this is so
important?

Tom Swift

"Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:17f801c3ba91$193da340$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Sorry if this question has already been discussed in the
> past. I use Windows XP Home and regularly use
> defragmenter.
>
> Up until recently it always defragmented files AND
> compacted them together. However, for the last couple of
> weeks, even though I have ran it a "million" times, I can
> get my files defragmented by there is a large free space
> stuck in between my files. This isn't unmoveable green
> space representing my Page File.
>
> Is there a way to force defragmenter to compact the
> files. Like I said, I have been trying for a couple of
> weeks to get rid of this "white" space between my files
> with no luck

As my wife would tell you Tom, I'm a neat freak lol!

I doubt that it is important technically, I have just
always been able to compact my files together near the
front of the harddisk. The "milli-of-a-sec" difference
is probably no difference, I agree.

So, putting aside my "issues," I take it there is no
option to "force" the file compaction?

>-----Original Message-----
>It is not necessary for your hard disk to
be "compacted", and XP's
>defragmenter does not seek to do this. Why do you feel
that this is so
>important?
>
>Tom Swift
>
>"Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message
>news:17f801c3ba91$193da340$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Sorry if this question has already been discussed in
the
>> past. I use Windows XP Home and regularly use
>> defragmenter.
>>
>> Up until recently it always defragmented files AND
>> compacted them together. However, for the last couple
of
>> weeks, even though I have ran it a "million" times, I
can
>> get my files defragmented by there is a large free
space
>> stuck in between my files. This isn't unmoveable green
>> space representing my Page File.
>>
>> Is there a way to force defragmenter to compact the
>> files. Like I said, I have been trying for a couple of
>> weeks to get rid of this "white" space between my files
>> with no luck
>
>
>.
>

I doubt that you're more of a neat freak than I am!

The NTFS file system makes compaction quite unnecessary, and there really is
nothing to be gained. Thus, there is no setting in Windows XP to do this.
There might be third-party software that can do this, and it might be
something that is important if you're running a server, but I have no
experience with either, so I really can't offer advice.

Tom Swift

"Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:08f601c3ba9a$5d647360$(E-Mail Removed)...
> As my wife would tell you Tom, I'm a neat freak lol!
>
> I doubt that it is important technically, I have just
> always been able to compact my files together near the
> front of the harddisk. The "milli-of-a-sec" difference
> is probably no difference, I agree.
>
> So, putting aside my "issues," I take it there is no
> option to "force" the file compaction?
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >It is not necessary for your hard disk to
> be "compacted", and XP's
> >defragmenter does not seek to do this. Why do you feel
> that this is so
> >important?
> >
> >Tom Swift
> >
> >"Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> message
> >news:17f801c3ba91$193da340$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Sorry if this question has already been discussed in
> the
> >> past. I use Windows XP Home and regularly use
> >> defragmenter.
> >>
> >> Up until recently it always defragmented files AND
> >> compacted them together. However, for the last couple
> of
> >> weeks, even though I have ran it a "million" times, I
> can
> >> get my files defragmented by there is a large free
> space
> >> stuck in between my files. This isn't unmoveable green
> >> space representing my Page File.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to force defragmenter to compact the
> >> files. Like I said, I have been trying for a couple of
> >> weeks to get rid of this "white" space between my files
> >> with no luck
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Mark,

By "compacting" are you referring to consolidation of free space?

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.

"Tom Swift" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I doubt that you're more of a neat freak than I am!
>
> The NTFS file system makes compaction quite unnecessary, and there really
is
> nothing to be gained. Thus, there is no setting in Windows XP to do this.
> There might be third-party software that can do this, and it might be
> something that is important if you're running a server, but I have no
> experience with either, so I really can't offer advice.
>
> Tom Swift
>
> "Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:08f601c3ba9a$5d647360$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > As my wife would tell you Tom, I'm a neat freak lol!
> >
> > I doubt that it is important technically, I have just
> > always been able to compact my files together near the
> > front of the harddisk. The "milli-of-a-sec" difference
> > is probably no difference, I agree.
> >
> > So, putting aside my "issues," I take it there is no
> > option to "force" the file compaction?
> >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >It is not necessary for your hard disk to
> > be "compacted", and XP's
> > >defragmenter does not seek to do this. Why do you feel
> > that this is so
> > >important?
> > >
> > >Tom Swift
> > >
> > >"Mark O'Hearn" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
> > message
> > >news:17f801c3ba91$193da340$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> Sorry if this question has already been discussed in
> > the
> > >> past. I use Windows XP Home and regularly use
> > >> defragmenter.
> > >>
> > >> Up until recently it always defragmented files AND
> > >> compacted them together. However, for the last couple
> > of
> > >> weeks, even though I have ran it a "million" times, I
> > can
> > >> get my files defragmented by there is a large free
> > space
> > >> stuck in between my files. This isn't unmoveable green
> > >> space representing my Page File.
> > >>
> > >> Is there a way to force defragmenter to compact the
> > >> files. Like I said, I have been trying for a couple of
> > >> weeks to get rid of this "white" space between my files
> > >> with no luck
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>