Disk defragmenter query?

[Tony]

I ask the Disk Defragmenter to analyse my C: drive. It says "You should
defragment this volume". So I defragment the C: drive. Then I ask the Disk
Defrgamenter to analyse the C: drive again. But again it says "You should
defragment this volume" ...

I've been round this loop a few times now but I cannot get the Disk
Defragmenter to report "You do not need to defragment this volume". I've
tried rebooting between attempts to defragment, but it makes no difference.

Any ideas please? Am I encountering some limitation of the tool?

Tony

 

[jmatt]

Any ideas please? Am I encountering some limitation of the tool?

Try it this way.
Complete defrag.
Turn off Pagefile, reboot & go into Safe Mode & defrag.
Reboot & turn Pagefile back on
Kiss the swap file goodbye
http://law.wustl.edu/computersupport/Wndwostipsand tricks.htm
Clear virtual memory on shutdown.
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/567.mspx

 

[Guest]

Indeed jmatt.

Also, if your drive has less than about 15% free space, Defrag cannot work
well (it needs a buffer space to store clips of data while it shuffles files
around, essentially). I think when you approach the limit though, Defrag
will warn you about the limit of space.


Shaw

 

[jmatt]

Any ideas please? Am I encountering some limitation of the tool?

More defrag info here Tony.

Defrag, using a batch file & Task Scheduler
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...icleID=15600170
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...15600170&pgno=2
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...15600170&pgno=3
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...15600170&pgno=4
http://www.informationweek.com/stor...15600170&pgno=5
http://tweak.us/xp3.html
http://www.dougknox.com/utility/scr.../defrag_all.htm
http://tweak.us/xp3.html#drag
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_defrag.htm
http://jeffwalso.tripod.com/batch.htm

Delete Hiberfil.sys in Windows XP before defragmenting
http://www.softwarepatch.com/tips/hiberfil-sys-xp.html
http://wiki.castlecops.com/Disk_Defragmentation
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877_11-5630184.html#
http://forums.winxpcentral.com/showthread.php?t=14867

5) Defrag "Tricks"
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2003/2003-02-03.htm
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
Sysinternals' free PageDefrag > Win2K/XP
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/contig.shtml
Sysinternals' free Contig

DefragMentor Lite CL
http://www.defragmentor.com/dmlcl/en/home.asp

DefragNT
http://geocities.com/andreigaceff/DefragNT.html

23 Ways To Speed WinXP Without Defrag
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