defrag problem

[JHI]

I did a "defrag" on Drive/Partition C and received a dialogue box stating
that some files could not be moved/defragged (see below). What's up.?

Thanks
Jeff

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Volume DRV1_VOL1 (C
Volume size = 4.47 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 3.61 GB
Free space = 874 MB
Percent free space = 19 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 10 %
File fragmentation = 20 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 21,876
Average file size = 250 KB
Total fragmented files = 40
Total excess fragments = 2,560
Average fragments per file = 1.11

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 336 MB
Total fragments = 1,210

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 2,007
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 41 MB
MFT record count = 23,990
Percent MFT in use = 57 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
2 10 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP23\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
24 11 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\a94936b.msi
3 12 MB \Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\client\classes.jsa
21 12 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Wise
Installation Wizard\WISCC8B19D191D24D5BB331F885F432745E_6_0_10.MSI
82 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP53\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
4 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP39\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
8 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP40\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
7 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP44\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
44 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP51\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
7 12 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP46\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
3 13 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP31\A0008393.exe
3 13 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP31\A0008387.exe
86 17 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\435780a.msi
244 17 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP29\A0007273.msi
123 18 MB \Documents and Settings\JEFF\Application
Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
42 25 MB \Program Files\Common Files\Wise
Installation Wizard\WIS78D62D17D97042DAB8CF5E5576293B33_7_0_0_54.MSI
87 25 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP31\A0008337.msi
3 33 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP31\A0008395.exe
3 33 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{4D0A2B3D-7F4C-473E-8F31-76677035FEFA}\RP31\A0008388.exe
556 43 MB \Documents and Settings\JEFF\Application
Data\Business Logic\UWC\Backup\J38636.769083912.WCU

 

[Sharon F]

I did a "defrag" on Drive/Partition C and received a dialogue box stating
that some files could not be moved/defragged (see below). What's up.?

Thanks
Jeff

[snip]

The files listed were in use or otherwise "protected" at the time you ran
defrag. Sometimes running the defrag utility twice in succession will pick
up files that could not be defragged the first time around. Or consider
using a third party defrag tool that runs at boot time before Windows
loads. Perfect Disk, for example, will do this.

Noticed two things in your list that you might want to look at more
closely:

System Volume Information: Where System Restore keeps its restore points.
Use Disk Cleanup to remove all but the most recent restore point. NOTE:
You're running in a very small partition. By default XP will set aside
about 10% of the drive for System Restore. There is a 200MB minimum
setting. Not as many restore points will be kept with the minimum amount
but may be something you'll want to change.

Java\jre\*: Cache for Sun Java applets. Open Control Panel. Double click
the coffeecup icon for Sun Java. Use the option found here to delete the
cache.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Your list of fragmented files mainly comprises System Restore points.
You really do not need to keep old restore points. Select Start, All
Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System
Restore and remove all but the latest restore points?

Do you have more than one hard drive? If this is your only hard drive it
is small for Windows XP. Is the hard drive formatted as FAT32 or NTFS?
Depending on your answers I may be able to make suggestions for freeing
up disk space.

The amount of free space is very important when running Disk
Defragmenter. A
minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
partition
contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second
and third
time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put
files more prone to
fragment in their own partitions.

If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
running
Disk Defragmenter is helpful.

Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a
fragmented file is
larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is
not fragmented.
Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around
and can
reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
more free
space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
will be
eliminated.

Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in
use whilst
Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting
Utilities e.g.
Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space.
Another option is to
place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
located as the first
partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at
the original
location.
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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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