Defrag question

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Versatile

When i try to run defrag it says i only have 8% of space left and i
says it needs 15% to run defrag. Says to remove some items from har
drive. Have removed all possible and still not enough space. This is
12 gig hd that has been partitioned and i am only talking about thi
one partion and it has Peach Tree Complete Accounting on it. Defra
asks if i want to defrag anyway. Should i
 
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Wesley Vogel

You can try it, but it will not defrag files that are larger that your free
space. Also...

Defrag & Free Space

[[A volume must have at least 15% free space for defrag to completely and
adequately defragment it. Defrag uses this space as a sorting area for file
fragments. If a volume has less than 15% free space, defrag will only
partially defragment it. To increase the free space on a volume, delete
unneeded files or move them to another disk. ]]
Defrag
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/defrag.mspx

[[Although the defragmentation tools can partially defragment volumes that
have less than 15 percent free space, for best results delete unneeded files
or move them to another volume to increase the free space to at least 15
percent. You can also use the Disk Cleanup tool to delete unnecessary
files. For more information about Disk Cleanup, see Windows XP Professional
Help.]]
Before Using the Disk Defragmentation Tools
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkd_tro_oegv.asp

[[After you defragment a volume, you can view the defragmentation report to
see the results. The report includes a list of files that remain fragmented
(having two or more fragments). Some reasons that a file might remain
fragmented include:

• The volume lacks adequate contiguous free space to defragment all files.
Disk Defragmenter requires at least 15 percent free disk space to completely
defragment a volume.]]
From...
Files That You Cannot Defragment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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xy2z

Versatile said:
When i try to run defrag it says i only have 8% of space left and i
says it needs 15% to run defrag. Says to remove some items from har
drive. Have removed all possible and still not enough space. This is
12 gig hd that has been partitioned and i am only talking about thi
one partion and it has Peach Tree Complete Accounting on it. Defra
asks if i want to defrag anyway. Should i?

Have u deleted restore points/ temp files, emptied ur recycle bin?Als
uninstall progrms u dont require and free up space by storing stuff o
to CDs and then deleting them off the HDD> Also run chkdsk after that
See if that helps to free up room. You might want to download a thir
party tool which might be much faster, esp if ur defragging for th
first time. You cud try Diskeeper Lite ( free version )
 

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