Defragmentation

[Guest]

I've defraged and still get red (defrag) after. Shouldn't all the red
disappear to show I have a completed defrag?

 

[Ron P]

If you don't have sufficient free space on your hard drive to handle the
largest of the files that need to be defragged, defragging won't work
properly.

 

[Guest]

Hi Ron, Thanks for answering my question. However, it shows that I have 86%
free space. Shouldn't this be significant for a proper defrag?

 

[Ron P]

Should be more than enough.

Hi Ron, Thanks for answering my question. However, it shows that I have
86%
free space. Shouldn't this be significant for a proper defrag?

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Could be files that are open - the built-in defragmenter can have issues
with that. Try booting into Safe Mode and defragmenting from there.

- 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.

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