can't defrag.

[Guest]

I have a frend that has a lap top, she new nothing about defraging, has the
comp. 3 years. memory is down to 6%, i got it up to 10% by deleating a couple
of things. defrag. says it needs 15% to work. any way to defrag single volums
to get the percentage up to run the defrager. she has 1.5 gb dirve. 256 ram.
also can the ram go up to 512. realy need help on this one. tks all Bob

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Bob

When you refer to the percentages you are presumably referring to free
disk space! A 1.5 gb drive does not sound right unless it is a
partition on a drive containing other partitions! Please recheck this
information. What type of files are on the partition? Could this be a
system restore partition created by the laptop manufacturer? Also
please confirm that you are referring to a hard drive and not some
other type of drive?

Would you also confirm we are discussing a computer with Windows XP
installed and not some other version of Windows installed!

The ability to install extra RAM depends on the motherboard
capability. What is the make and model of the computer?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have a frend that has a lap top, she new nothing about defraging,
has the comp. 3 years. memory is down to 6%,

The word "memory" is used to refer to RAM. You undoubtedly mean "hard disk
space," not "memory."

i got it up to 10% by
deleating a couple of things. defrag. says it needs 15% to work. any
way to defrag single volums to get the percentage up to run the
defrager. she has 1.5 gb dirve.

Impossible. You can't run Windows XP on that small a drive. Please clarify
what the size really is.

256 ram. also can the ram go up to
512.

How much can be installed depends on the specific computer and its
motherboard. Nobody here, at this distance, can tell you how much can be
installed on her computer.

 

[Guest]

tks for the help so far. here is more info. I hope this is what you need. my
friends comp is a
sony, lap top
windows xp home edition
model pcg-9b3l
verision 5.1.2600 service pack 2
system type x86 based pc . bought dec. 20 2001
it has 1gh with 256mb ram,
when i try to defrag. i get a pop up that says i onle have 10% avialable
space, and need at least 15% to defrag.
it also says
file system capacity free space % free
space
C drive ntfs 7.47gb 818MB 10
D drive ntfs 11.14gb 11.11
99

the log says there are 3,649 fragmented files
with total excess fragmented 43,226
total fragmentation 27%
file fragmentation 36%
hope this is what you need.

 

[joseph2k]

tks for the help so far. here is more info. I hope this is what you need.
my friends comp is a
sony, lap top
windows xp home edition
model pcg-9b3l
verision 5.1.2600 service pack 2
system type x86 based pc . bought dec. 20 2001
it has 1gh with 256mb ram,
when i try to defrag. i get a pop up that says i onle have 10% avialable
space, and need at least 15% to defrag.
it also says
file system capacity free space %
free
space
C drive ntfs 7.47gb 818MB
10
D drive ntfs 11.14gb 11.11
99

the log says there are 3,649 fragmented files
with total excess fragmented 43,226
total fragmentation 27%
file fragmentation 36%
hope this is what you need.

Soo much free space, soo many choices.

1. Back up your data to external removable media.
2. Choose
a. copy data to D:, create shortcuts, delete duplicates on C: until you
have enough space, defrag.
b. use a repartioning tool available in Knoppix, Gparted, Acronis, or
Partition Magic to shrink D: and enlarge C: then defrag.
c. any of several usable combination of methods a and b.
d. get a new larger drive and an external enclosure and transport your
images to the new larger drive, then swap the new drive with the existing
drive in the laptop. The tools in b. can be used for this also.
3. Make a new backup in addition to the previous.

Resume computing.