Disk Defragment

[Guest]

When I run disk defragment I get a message that says there are some files on
my computer that cannot be defragmented.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

There are certain Windows files that can't be defragmented - which ones are
you referring to?

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Will Denny
MS MVP Windows Shell/User
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[Wesley Vogel]

Do you have at least 15 percent free disk space?

[[After you defragment a volume, you can view the defragmentation report to
see the results. The report includes a list of files that remain fragmented
(having two or more fragments). Some reasons that a file might remain
fragmented include:

• The volume lacks adequate contiguous free space to defragment all files.
Disk Defragmenter requires at least 15 percent free disk space to completely
defragment a volume.]]
From...
Files That You Cannot Defragment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[doodle]

When I run disk defragment I get a message that says there are som
files on
my computer that cannot be defragmented.

The Windows defragmenter will not defragment the MFT and paging file i
thats what you mean. For this you will need to use a third party tool
If its a case of imcomplete defrag, make sure you run chkdsk and the
defrag in safe mode. (also u need 15% free space for it to do a decen
job

 

[Guest]

My problem is similar. after running disk defrag many times, I always end
up with one rather wide "fragmented files" red bar. (It is 2 or 3 times the
width of most "Free Space" white bars). ?Is there any way to get rid of this
Red bar? Is there any way to determine what it represents?
Thanks,
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[doodle]

Please go through Vogel's post in this same thread again. Did you try
defragmenting in safe mode/ran chkdsk/do you have 15% free space? Tried
using a third party tool?