Files that won't defragment

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Evi

I ran scandisk followed by defrag. The report says that the following files
did not defragment:

\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG
\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG
\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG
\Documents and Settings\Evi\ntuser.dat.LOG
\WINNT\Internet Logs\tvDebug.log
\WINNT\ShellIconCache

Should I do anything about this? Nothing seems to be going wrong at the
moment.
Evi
 
Evi said:
I ran scandisk followed by defrag. The report says that the following files
did not defragment:

\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG
\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG
\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG
\Documents and Settings\Evi\ntuser.dat.LOG
\WINNT\Internet Logs\tvDebug.log
\WINNT\ShellIconCache

Should I do anything about this? Nothing seems to be going wrong at the
moment.
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There's a utility at http://www.sysinternals.com that will
defragment these files. If the files are heavily fragmented
then you might want to give it a try; otherwise don't worry
about it.

Rick
 
Evi said:
Thanks Rick. I love free utilities! How fragmented in Heavily Fragmented?
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Disk Defragmenter gives a report after it runs. If any of the
files are separated into more than 2 or 3 chunks then go
ahead and run Sysinternals' utility.

Rick
 
Fragmented?

Disk Defragmenter gives a report after it runs. If any of the
files are separated into more than 2 or 3 chunks then go
ahead and run Sysinternals' utility.

Rick
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Great! ntuserdat.log was in 15 fragments. I like the sound of that other
gadget there, Contig, which lets you defrag just one file.
Evi
 
Evi said:
Great! ntuserdat.log was in 15 fragments. I like the sound of that other
gadget there, Contig, which lets you defrag just one file.
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Sysinternals utilities are wonderful.. lots of things MS should
have included, but didn't.

Rick
 
There's a utility at http://www.sysinternals.com that will
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Sysinternals utilities are wonderful.. lots of things MS should
have included, but didn't.

Rick
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Just had a go with PageDefrag. Works great but didn't manage to zap one
file.

However I downloaded the other program Contig and that rocks too. You can
copy it into a folder (it doesn't install), put a copy of your command
prompt into the folder, open the command prompt and type

contig -s *

and it defrags every file in the folder at lightening speed and reports
afterwards how clever it has been.
Great link, Rick. Thanks lots
Evi
 
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