dfrgntfs.exe - Disk Defragmenter???

T

Tom

I notice with nothing else going on on my PC I begin
hearing the Disk drive running and being accessed. I check
Windows Task Mgr. and the only process that is running at
any useage about Zero is dfrgntfs.exe which a search of
the MS website says is Disk Defragmenter for NTFS. It also
says that "To execute defragment, you must launch the
computer management console and select the Defrag snap-in
under Storage."
My question is why is my System running this on it's own?
I am not aware of setting up any type of schedule to do
Auto Disk Defrag although I have done it manually.
I am running WinXP SP1 and have 79% Free Space on the hard
drive so I can't imagine that I need a whole lot of Disk
Defragging anyway. When Defrag begins which seems to occur
on it's own the PC slows to a crawl and I can't kill the
Defrag process.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom
 
R

Rock

Tom said:
I notice with nothing else going on on my PC I begin
hearing the Disk drive running and being accessed. I check
Windows Task Mgr. and the only process that is running at
any useage about Zero is dfrgntfs.exe which a search of
the MS website says is Disk Defragmenter for NTFS. It also
says that "To execute defragment, you must launch the
computer management console and select the Defrag snap-in
under Storage."
My question is why is my System running this on it's own?
I am not aware of setting up any type of schedule to do
Auto Disk Defrag although I have done it manually.
I am running WinXP SP1 and have 79% Free Space on the hard
drive so I can't imagine that I need a whole lot of Disk
Defragging anyway. When Defrag begins which seems to occur
on it's own the PC slows to a crawl and I can't kill the
Defrag process.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

XP runs a limited defrag every three days as part of it's built in
optimization. Don't worry about it. Let it work.
 
R

Rock

Tom said:
I notice with nothing else going on on my PC I begin
hearing the Disk drive running and being accessed. I check
Windows Task Mgr. and the only process that is running at
any useage about Zero is dfrgntfs.exe which a search of
the MS website says is Disk Defragmenter for NTFS. It also
says that "To execute defragment, you must launch the
computer management console and select the Defrag snap-in
under Storage."
My question is why is my System running this on it's own?
I am not aware of setting up any type of schedule to do
Auto Disk Defrag although I have done it manually.
I am running WinXP SP1 and have 79% Free Space on the hard
drive so I can't imagine that I need a whole lot of Disk
Defragging anyway. When Defrag begins which seems to occur
on it's own the PC slows to a crawl and I can't kill the
Defrag process.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Tom

BTW you should still defrag regularly. This optimization doesn't take
the place of a complete defrag.
 
J

Jerry

Rock said:
BTW you should still defrag regularly. This optimization doesn't take
the place of a complete defrag.
Recommendations for a good, preferably free defrag tool?
 
A

Alex Nichol

Tom said:
I notice with nothing else going on on my PC I begin
hearing the Disk drive running and being accessed. I check
Windows Task Mgr. and the only process that is running at
any useage about Zero is dfrgntfs.exe which a search of
the MS website says is Disk Defragmenter for NTFS. It also
says that "To execute defragment, you must launch the
computer management console and select the Defrag snap-in
under Storage."
My question is why is my System running this on it's own?

Every three days, the 'Prefetch' system looks for an idle period and
runs a sort of 'mini-defrag' to rearrange files on the disk in such a
way as to optimise access to them when booting or when a frequently used
program loads. This has a noticeable effect on load times
 

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