Defragmenting takes forever!

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Is there anyway to make defrag run faster? It took over two hours the last
time. I also noticed that some files were non-movable. Why is that and why
were the non-movables scattered all over the drive?
 
use Diskeeper. much more efficient. defrags quickly, in the background (if you "set it and forget it"), and does a better job in general than the built-in one
 
JP

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. Also remove temporary internet files

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.
http://www.raxco.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Hey, thanks guys. I thought it was a flaw or something. I just upgraded from
98, so all this is new.

Here's another question. How can you configure windows explorer to go
directly to "C"drive when opening?

Because it makes sure it doesn't slow the machine down while it's
defragging.
 
explorer [/n] [/e][,/root,object][[,/select],subobject]

None Explorer rooted at the Desktop
/n Opens a new window.
/e Explorer View (default if nothing else is on the command line.)
/root,object Starts Explorer with object the top item (normally Desktop is the top item). Eg: explorer /e,/root,c:\Starts Explorer with the C drive as the only drive available.
/select,subobject Selects the specified subobject.

Replaceable parameters are %1 (one) which is the short file or folder name and %l (L) which is the long file name.

/IDLIST
This is an additional parameter that means a Windows internal structure is being passed. eg:

Explorer.exe /e,/idlist,%IThe %I is a replacable parameter representing an IDLIST.

Rooted Views
To open an explorer item that starts with a special folder as the top folder use the following syntax.

Where the special folder is a sub folder of the desktop

explorer /e,root,::{CLSID of special folder}
Where the special folder is a sub folder of another special folder (usually, if not always My Computer)

explorer /e,root,::{CLSID of parent}/::{CLSID of special folder}
Where the special folder is part of the file system

explorer /e,root,path to folder
See Namespaces on the Icons Page for a list of CLSIDs for special folders.

Examples
Starts explorer with the Windows folder opened and selected.

explorer /e,/select,c:\windowsStarts explorer with Windows the top level folder and command opened and selected.

explorer /e,/root,c:\windows,/select,c:\windows\commandStarts explorer with Windows the top level folder and Tips.txt showing instead of the file listing.

explorer /e,/root,c:\windows,/select,c:\windows\tips.txtStarts explorer with My Computer the top level folder and all branches except for drives collapsed.

explorer /e,/root,::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}Starts explorer with C:\ the top level folder.

explorer /e,/root,c:\Starts the Dial Up Networking folder in folder view.

explorer.exe ::{20d04fe0-3aea-1069-a2d8-08002b30309d}\::{992cffa0-f557-101a-88ec-00dd010ccc48}
 
I downloaded Perfect Disk and Diskeeper and have run an analysis with both.
I here those two are the best. The one that is packaged with Norton system
works was great with Win98, but was aweful on XP. I am going to stick with
Perfect Disk. It is easier for me to read and see what is happening. I know
I can purchase it online, but it is available at retail stores?

Thanks again for all your help.


JP

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. Also remove temporary internet files

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.
http://www.raxco.com/

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp

~~~~~~


Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FCA

Stourport, Worcs, England
Enquire, plan and execute.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
JP said:
Is there anyway to make defrag run faster? It took over two hours
the last
time. I also noticed that some files were non-movable. Why is that
and why
were the non-movables scattered all over the drive?
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Why waste hours trying to save a few milliseconds?
 
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