Defragment this volume

[Guest]

Is it normal for the message "you should defragment this volume at this time"
-- when doing an analisys right after defragging? I run the the defrag
prosess twice and still get the same message.
carbonater

 

[Gerry Cornell]

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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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Guest]

Thank for the info Jerry. I would like to be able to turn a pc on use it and
turn it off until next time with out haveing to spend as much time
maintaining it as using it. You know kind of like an auto. My wife tells me
to buy a Mac.

 

[HillBillyBuddhist]

| Thank for the info Jerry. I would like to be able to turn a pc on use it
and
| turn it off until next time with out haveing to spend as much time
| maintaining it as using it. You know kind of like an auto. My wife tells
me
| to buy a Mac.
| --
| carbonater
|


Consider Diskeeper.

http://www.executive.com/defrag.asp

It works well and has a "set it and forget it" option that takes care of
defragmentation without user intervention.

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I was just trying to help.
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[kenchi]

Is it normal for the message "you should defragment this volume at this
time"
-- when doing an analisys right after defragging? I run the the
defrag
prosess twice and still get the same message.
carbonater

Some program writing to disk must be interrupting the defrag. Did u run
a disk cleanup and chkds before defragmenting?
To not bother abt the defrag every now and then, set some third party
tool with scheduling features to run in the background and defrag
automatically.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info Kenchi. Do you mean a program such as Diskeeper? Or do
you know of free soft ware to accomplish the task.

 

[kenchi]

This is a free version, but doesnt not have the scheduling features that
the paid one offers.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=1207