100% Fragmentation??????

[Guest]

Hi,
I have ADSL broadband on a Celeron 1.2Ghz. My 20G HDD is split into 3
partions
C: = 5G with 2.5G free (WinXP pro)
D: = 11G with 7G free (My Docs etc)
E: = 3G with 2G free (Driver backups etc)

I've turned off Sys Restore and transfered, pagefile, IE temp cache to E:,
so as not to clutter up C:
I use ZoneAlarm as a firewall, I check for spy/adware regularly and keep/run
Norton up to date regularly.
My problem is, after an hour or so I get the disk cleanup mngr telling me I
need to create more space on C:
When I go to disk defragmenter and analyze C:, it says 0% free space on C:
Without defraging, if I reboot and check again, it will be 51%, or
thereabouts, free space.
What gives?
This happens every time whether I am moving files around or the comp is
standing idle!!!!

Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?
TIA

 

[R. McCarty]

Download Filemon from SysInternals and watch disk activity.
Apparently, a process or application is running that is consuming
disk space at a fast pace.

 

[Juan Hidalgo]

Hi,
I have ADSL broadband on a Celeron 1.2Ghz. My 20G HDD is split into 3
partions
C: = 5G with 2.5G free (WinXP pro)
D: = 11G with 7G free (My Docs etc)
E: = 3G with 2G free (Driver backups etc)

I've turned off Sys Restore and transfered, pagefile, IE temp cache to E:,
so as not to clutter up C:
I use ZoneAlarm as a firewall, I check for spy/adware regularly and keep/run
Norton up to date regularly.
My problem is, after an hour or so I get the disk cleanup mngr telling me I
need to create more space on C:
When I go to disk defragmenter and analyze C:, it says 0% free space on C:
Without defraging, if I reboot and check again, it will be 51%, or
thereabouts, free space.
What gives?
This happens every time whether I am moving files around or the comp is
standing idle!!!!

Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?
TIA

Get a bigger hard drive - they're practically giving them away today!

 

[Ron Martell]

Hi,
I have ADSL broadband on a Celeron 1.2Ghz. My 20G HDD is split into 3
partions
C: = 5G with 2.5G free (WinXP pro)
D: = 11G with 7G free (My Docs etc)
E: = 3G with 2G free (Driver backups etc)

I've turned off Sys Restore and transfered, pagefile, IE temp cache to E:,
so as not to clutter up C:

Bad idea, especially with System Restore turned off. Comparable to
jumping out of an airplane without a parachute. And there are a
number of reasons for keeping the page file on the boot drive (C
such as System Failure Memory Dumps, which require it to be there.

I use ZoneAlarm as a firewall, I check for spy/adware regularly and keep/run
Norton up to date regularly.
My problem is, after an hour or so I get the disk cleanup mngr telling me I
need to create more space on C:
When I go to disk defragmenter and analyze C:, it says 0% free space on C:
Without defraging, if I reboot and check again, it will be 51%, or
thereabouts, free space.
What gives?
This happens every time whether I am moving files around or the comp is
standing idle!!!!

Is this a known problem or am I doing something wrong?
TIA

What is using up the space? Can you determine which folders are
increasing in size?

Have you checked for possible viruses and spyware? For spyware see
MVP Jim Eshelman's Quick Fix procedure at
http://www.aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

Have you checked for a possible problem with the hard drive itself?
Go to the hard drive manufacturer's web site and download their free
diagnostic test utility and run it to check out the drive.

Good luck


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

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."

 

[Guest]

Find out what is taking up your disk space using DiskView -
http://www.diskview.com
It will also show you the file fragmentation and tell which directories are
consuming your disk space.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I've turned off Sys Restore and transfered, pagefile, IE temp cache to E:,
so as not to clutter up C:

A contributory cause may be the moving of page file in its entirety;
the system wants a minimal amount to be possible on C: for dumps, and if
you try to set it as zero you may find it creating a giant file there
that runs away. While in general C is the better place, in your case
with limited room on C it is reasonable to have the main file elsewhere,
but go back and make a Custom setting for C giving it say initial 20
Max 60 MB - having sensible settings on the other drive

That way the file on C will probably never come into being at all