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Hello,
I am using WinXP Pro on a Dell Latitude P4 laptop with an 18GB hard disk
that has 3.5GB (18%) free space. I ran the built in disk cleanup utility and
told it to compress files because I needed the space. When I run the built
in defragmenter the display looks extemely fragmented, with red bars
everywhere. When I tell it to analyze it tells me that the disk does need
defragmenting. The first couple times I defragmented it, it did improve
slightly. Now however, the dragmenter runs quickly and there is no
improvement. The log shows that many files did not get defragmented. Can
someone shed some light on this for me please?
In the general case:
1. Are there any disk utilities that will move all files to the beginning of
the disk in addition to defragging? Sometimes the built in version does this
but sometimes it merely defragments and leaves unused space between the used
groups of files.
2. Are there any disk utilities that will move all the "unmovable" (green)
files together?
I've tried "Diskeeper" but it does no better with all these issues than the
built in utility.
Thanks,
Ray Mitchell
I am using WinXP Pro on a Dell Latitude P4 laptop with an 18GB hard disk
that has 3.5GB (18%) free space. I ran the built in disk cleanup utility and
told it to compress files because I needed the space. When I run the built
in defragmenter the display looks extemely fragmented, with red bars
everywhere. When I tell it to analyze it tells me that the disk does need
defragmenting. The first couple times I defragmented it, it did improve
slightly. Now however, the dragmenter runs quickly and there is no
improvement. The log shows that many files did not get defragmented. Can
someone shed some light on this for me please?
In the general case:
1. Are there any disk utilities that will move all files to the beginning of
the disk in addition to defragging? Sometimes the built in version does this
but sometimes it merely defragments and leaves unused space between the used
groups of files.
2. Are there any disk utilities that will move all the "unmovable" (green)
files together?
I've tried "Diskeeper" but it does no better with all these issues than the
built in utility.
Thanks,
Ray Mitchell