Large contiguous file

[Guest]

Seem to have developed a very large (estimated about 10 gig) in the middle of
my C drive..defrag does nothing to it.

Is there a chkdsk process and if so how do I use it

if not, any ideas on how I can analyse / dispose of this?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Open a command prompt, type chkdsk /? and hit Enter.

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[M and D]

Why do you think this is a problem?

Perhaps you should read up on defragging. That's the advice I got from others in this group, and that's what i did. Now that I understand it better, I no longer worry about such things.

Steven

 

[Yves Leclerc]

What is the name of this file? The only contiguous file that most defrag will
not touch is the Windows swap file. I believe this is also known as Virtual
Memory (???)

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Most defrag programs will not defrag System Volume Information either.
Probably because the files are in use by System Restore.

Files That You Cannot Defragment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp

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[bxf]

Seem to have developed a very large (estimated about 10 gig)...

Why do you need to estimate? Windows Explorer will tell you the exact
size.

...in the middle of my C drive...

How do you know it is in the middle? From the above statement I infer
that you are looking at the color chart constructed by DEFRAG, and you
see a single blue chunk in the middle. This does not necessarily
represent a single file.

...defrag does nothing to it.

DEFRAG does not necessarily shift all files to the beginning of the
drive.

Is there a chkdsk process and if so how do I use it

if not, any ideas on how I can analyse / dispose of this?

Before you can dispose of it, you need to know what it is. A 10GB file
should be identifiable.