I have a question on Defragmenting

[Guest]

When I use to defrag, my graphic represntation indidicated, from left to
right, all blue except for system files. Now my finished product starting
from left to right has large white gaps in between the Blues and greens. Is
this a problem? Is this graphic represntation accurate? Do I have big gaps
between my different files?

I appreciate your help in this matter.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Skip,

WinXP defrag does not consolidate free space.
I have always used WinXP built-in defrag and never has a problem.

Perfect Disk from www.raxco.com does consolidate free space.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

The problem is that the built-in defrag will not defrag the "page file" and
will not move the "unmovable" files. This is why third party utilities,
like Perfect Disk, exists.

Hi Skip,

WinXP defrag does not consolidate free space.
I have always used WinXP built-in defrag and never has a problem.

Perfect Disk from www.raxco.com does consolidate free space.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

When I use to defrag, my graphic represntation
indidicated, from left to right, all blue except for
system files. Now my finished product starting from left
to right has large white gaps in between the Blues and
greens. Is this a problem? Is this graphic represntation
accurate? Do I have big gaps between my different files?

I appreciate your help in this matter.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your help. Looks like I am going to own some more software.

The problem is that the built-in defrag will not defrag the "page file" and
will not move the "unmovable" files. This is why third party utilities,
like Perfect Disk, exists.

Hi Skip,

WinXP defrag does not consolidate free space.
I have always used WinXP built-in defrag and never has a problem.

Perfect Disk from www.raxco.com does consolidate free space.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

When I use to defrag, my graphic represntation
indidicated, from left to right, all blue except for
system files. Now my finished product starting from left
to right has large white gaps in between the Blues and
greens. Is this a problem? Is this graphic represntation
accurate? Do I have big gaps between my different files?

I appreciate your help in this matter.

 

[Bert Kinney]

That is correct. The built-in defrag tool is limited.

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

The problem is that the built-in defrag will not defrag
the "page file" and will not move the "unmovable" files. This is why
third party utilities, like Perfect Disk,
exists.

Hi Skip,

WinXP defrag does not consolidate free space.
I have always used WinXP built-in defrag and never has a
problem. Perfect Disk from www.raxco.com does consolidate free
space. --
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

When I use to defrag, my graphic represntation
indidicated, from left to right, all blue except for
system files. Now my finished product starting from left
to right has large white gaps in between the Blues and
greens. Is this a problem? Is this graphic represntation
accurate? Do I have big gaps between my different files?

I appreciate your help in this matter.