Can't defrag C: drive - pls help

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Pete

I've recently joined a small company where we're running Win 2000 SP4
on a server with 2 attached PC's.

The C: drive on the server is badly fragmented - the defrag analysis
shows as a red bar with just a few blue, green and white lines.
The C: drive is 7BG with 41% free (there are 2 other drives in the
server).

Defrag runs fine, but there are lots of files that it won't defrag
(see report below) I've tried running defrag in safe mode, but it
still won't defrag these files.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Thanks
Pete

Volume GMWDATA (C:):
Volume size = 6,871 MB
Cluster size = 512 bytes
Used space = 4,014 MB
Free space = 2,857 MB
Percent free space = 41 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 21 %
File fragmentation = 43 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 12,908
Average file size = 434 KB
Total fragmented files = 16
Total excess fragments = 69,471
Average fragments per file = 6.38

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 519
Fragmented directories = 1
Excess directory fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 31,189 KB
MFT record count = 15,655
Percent MFT in use = 50 %
Total MFT fragments = 4

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
5,746 305 MB \outlook.pst
15,237 480 MB \outlookpst\outlook2.pst
2 469 KB \SYSTEM4W\TEMP.BMP
18,486 395 MB \ARChive\archive.pst
7 56 KB \WINDOWS\00846888.TMP
36 37,457 KB \GMWOFF97old\Document Scrap '11
Wiggins Lane_...'.shs
38 37,457 KB \GMWOFF97old\Document Scrap (2) '11
Wiggins Lane_...'.shs
32 8,386 KB \GMWOFF97\GD002250.doc
204 23,602 KB \3rd time\Diskkeeper V7.0.393 Server
For NT,2000,XP.exe
964 126 MB \hiberfil.sys
27,410 396 MB \outlookpst\outlook.pst
44 8,592 KB \Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE
721 37,457 KB \GMWOFF97\Document Scrap '11 Wiggins
Lane_...'.shs
383 37,457 KB \GMWOFF97\Document Scrap (2) '11
Wiggins Lane_...'.shs
 
Get a copy of Diskkeeper server, it's much better than the
built-in defragger, and it'll run overnight on low
priority if you set it. I see you HAVE a directory for
diskkeeper server - set it to run continuously overnight a
few nights and it should clear up a lot of that.

Also see if you can't get rid of a lot of those files off
of the servers' C: drive. A server C: drive is strictly
for OS and server operations. There's too much depending
on that box to load apps and run outlook on there and
possibly mess it up.

Oh, and I noticed that you have a 0 size pagefile? Is
that true?! How much memory is in this server, anyway?

Hope this helps.
Rich
 
204 23,602 KB \3rd time\DiskkeeperV7.0.393 Server

Looks like he already is :)


- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

Want to email me? Delete ntloader.
 
Get a copy of Diskkeeper server, it's much better than the
built-in defragger, and it'll run overnight on low
priority if you set it. I see you HAVE a directory for
diskkeeper server - set it to run continuously overnight a
few nights and it should clear up a lot of that.

Also see if you can't get rid of a lot of those files off
of the servers' C: drive. A server C: drive is strictly
for OS and server operations. There's too much depending
on that box to load apps and run outlook on there and
possibly mess it up.

Oh, and I noticed that you have a 0 size pagefile? Is
that true?! How much memory is in this server, anyway?

Hope this helps.
Rich
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Thanks Rich -

I found Diskkeeper and installed it.
It has been running for about 30+ hours now but has only managed to
defrag less than 1% of the fragmented files. I set it for High
Priority and I'm leaving it running continually at present as I'm the
only one in the office so can put up with a slower response from the
server.
At least it's doing something which is more than defrag done.

Thanks again
Pete
 
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