Defrag Problem

[Ernie]

Here is the message I got when I attempted to defrag my 120GB HD. Does
anyone have a solution to this?

Volume (C
Volume size = 110 GB
Cluster size = 512 bytes
Used space = 5.26 GB
Free space = 105 GB
Percent free space = 95 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 2 %
File fragmentation = 4 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 43,619
Average file size = 185 KB
Total fragmented files = 6
Total excess fragments = 38
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 211 MB
Total fragments = 2

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 2,066
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 51 MB
MFT record count = 46,164
Percent MFT in use = 88 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

 

[bjriffel]

Here is the message I got when I attempted to defrag my 120GB HD. Does
anyone have a solution to this?

Volume (C
Volume size = 110 GB
Cluster size = 512 bytes
Used space = 5.26 GB
Free space = 105 GB
Percent free space = 95 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 2 %
File fragmentation = 4 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 43,619
Average file size = 185 KB
Total fragmented files = 6
Total excess fragments = 38
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 211 MB
Total fragments = 2

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 2,066
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 51 MB
MFT record count = 46,164
Percent MFT in use = 88 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
None

I'm not sure what you think the problem is. Why are you defraging?
You only have 2% fragmentation. Did a technical support agent tell you
to do this, to fix some other problem?

 

[Guest]

Uh, did you hit "analyze" rather than "defrag?" In any event, get a better
defragger. The two most popular third party defraggers are Diskeeper and
PerfectDisk.

 

[Vanguard]

Here is the message I got when I attempted to defrag my 120GB HD.
Does anyone have a solution to this?

<snip - bunch of defrag output with NO error messages>

A solution to WHAT? You know what you think is the problem but you
certainly didn't tell us. Maybe you expect us to guess, like you don't
have enough free disk space to defragment.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Methinks the cluster size should be 4 kb not 512 bytes.



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[Gerry Cornell]

Ernie

The cluster size on your C drive should be 4 kb and not 512 bytes. This
will cause a performance i.e. it takes longer to read / write to disk.
You need to resize to 4 kb. However, this can be a laborious task.

You can do this using Partition Magic -see page 66 of the Partition
Magic Guide.

Good luck.


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[Ernie]

Thank you all for the information.

Ernie

The cluster size on your C drive should be 4 kb and not 512 bytes. This
will cause a performance i.e. it takes longer to read / write to disk. You
need to resize to 4 kb. However, this can be a laborious task.

You can do this using Partition Magic -see page 66 of the Partition Magic
Guide.

Good luck.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Keith]

Ernie

The cluster size on your C drive should be 4 kb and not 512 bytes. This
will cause a performance i.e. it takes longer to read / write to disk. You
need to resize to 4 kb. However, this can be a laborious task.

You can do this using Partition Magic -see page 66 of the Partition Magic
Guide.

Good luck.

My Maxtor 40GB has a cluster size of 512 bytes . Is this not normal?

Gerry
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[Gerry Cornell]

Keith

We are talking about disks formatted with the NTFS file system? It
should have a 4 kb cluster size.

Was the disk previously formatted as FAT32 and the convert tool ran?
Read more about it here:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/ntfscvt.htm

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Ernie

The cluster size on your C drive should be 4 kb and not 512 bytes.
This will cause a performance i.e. it takes longer to read / write to
disk. You need to resize to 4 kb. However, this can be a laborious
task.

You can do this using Partition Magic -see page 66 of the Partition
Magic Guide.

Good luck.

My Maxtor 40GB has a cluster size of 512 bytes . Is this not
normal?

 

[Ernie]

Yes, I used Partition Magic to change from FAT32 to NTFS. Is it now safe to
change the cluster size using Partition Magic? What will happen if I do
change the cluster size?

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Ernie

My last post was answering Keith. You should follow the instructions on
page 66 of the Partition Magic Guide. In theory it should speed up
reading and writing to disk but one can never be absolutely certain.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Keith]

My mistake, report said
sectors/cluster=8
bytes/sector=512
which makes 4K
Thanks Gerry