Windows XP Disk Defragmenter Analyse Keeps Recommending to Defrag When It Shouldn't--Or??

[Susan]

My Desktop PC has a Defrag partition Analysis problem. Windows XP Analysis
says every time that I should defrag the C:\ partition yet I have defragged
several times and have even run Norton's Speed Disk analysis and defrag. I
then returned to MS's Analysis and defragged another time and every time
Analysis keeps saying I need to defrag the partition.

Or, maybe I have another hidden problem?? I ran Check Disk and Disk Doctor
but found no problems. I have not done a surface scan though and I will do
that next.

Other then that the system is about as perfect as I've seen it in years.


Anyone have any ideas on how I can break the analysis program to rethink
and report correctly the C partition?

Thanks.

Susan

 

[R. McCarty]

XP's native defrag and Speed Disk use different algorithms for file
placement. Running one then the other causes each to replace the
files based on it's own criteria. I would stop using either and go &
download the 30-day trial of Raxco's Perfect Disk. Once you do
an Offline and Online defrag your drive will be optimized (Based
on Prefetching/Layout.Ini data) and won't become fragmented as
much.
Trial version form at:
http://www.raxco.com/products/downloadit/perfectdisk2000_download.cfm
For save on costs, Raxco now has a Online Subscription service
for Perfect Disk, believe it's around ~$19.95

 

[Ron Martell]

My Desktop PC has a Defrag partition Analysis problem. Windows XP Analysis
says every time that I should defrag the C:\ partition yet I have defragged
several times and have even run Norton's Speed Disk analysis and defrag. I
then returned to MS's Analysis and defragged another time and every time
Analysis keeps saying I need to defrag the partition.

Or, maybe I have another hidden problem?? I ran Check Disk and Disk Doctor
but found no problems. I have not done a surface scan though and I will do
that next.

Other then that the system is about as perfect as I've seen it in years.


Anyone have any ideas on how I can break the analysis program to rethink
and report correctly the C partition?

Thanks.

Susan

Both Norton and Defrag actually fragment some files so as to optimize
Windows startup and application launching. However they use
different methods for determining how to do this and each identifies
the optimization done by the other program as fragmentation that needs
to be corrected.

You need to make a choice as to which defragmenting program you are
going to use and stick with that one.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference
has never been in bed with a mosquito."

 

[Susan]

Both Norton and Defrag actually fragment some files so as to optimize
Windows startup and application launching. However they use
different methods for determining how to do this and each identifies
the optimization done by the other program as fragmentation that needs
to be corrected.

I think you misunderstand my intent. I was using Defrag exclusively but
for some reason it's Analyze element always sees that the C: partition of
my Desktop PC always needs to be defragged. After numerous defrags it
still says I need to defrag it. To attempt to see if I could break up this
affair I tried Norton's Speed Disk knowing that it would defrag the
partition differently. After doing this I returned to MS's Defrag and
guess what--Analyze returned to thinking that the partition always needs to
be defragged.

Stumped.

A wholly different program has been suggested that I will look into, but
will it straighten out what Analyze seems to be stuck on or if I ever run
MS's Defrag again will it return to thinking that the C: partition always
has this defragmentation problem?

Susan