Disk Defragmenter

G

Guest

The defragmentation finished even though much of the hard drive still has
fragmented files. i get the folowing message:

Defragmentation is complete for: (C:)

Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.
Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.

When i check the report there are no files listsed that could not be
degragmented.

Anyone have any idea what files could cause this?
 
G

Guest

I didn't have any program windows open, i have firewall, antispy,
keyboard&ouse programs etc running in the taskbar, but these didnt affect it
before
 
W

Wesley Vogel

It means that everything got defragmented than can be defragmented. Don't
worry, be happy.

Except the files listed below and they are not included in the
defragmentation report...

Files That You Cannot Defragment
[[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.

* During defragmentation, a new file is created on the volume in disk space
that was previously free space. In this case, if Disk Defragmenter tries to
move a file to that space to defragment the file, the move fails and the
file remains fragmented.

* The file is the master file table (MFT) on an NTFS volume. Because the
first fragment of the MFT cannot be moved, the MFT is typically contained
within two fragments when sufficient space is available on the volume. If
the MFT is contained within three or more fragments, Disk Defragmenter looks
for free space where the MFT might fit. If sufficient free space exists, the
MFT is moved as a whole (minus the first fragment). If space is not
available, the MFT is not defragmented.

* The file is permanently excluded, in which case it might appear in the
defragmentation report as still being fragmented no matter how many times
you defragment the volume. The following files are permanently excluded from
being defragmented.

* Bootsect.dos
* Safeboot.fs
* Safeboot.csv
* Safeboot.rsv
* Hiberfil.sys
* Memory.dmp
* Paging file ]]
from...
Windows XP Resource Kit: Troubleshooting Disks and File Systems
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/c28621675.mspx

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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