Maximum File Size limit for Defrag?

[Chris Hayes]

Hello,

I use VMWare Workstation (on a Windows XP Professional machine), and I have
tried to Defrag the host system's hard drives. And the only 2 files that
fail accordring to the defrag reports are just 2 VMWare Virtual Machines.

I am thinking that the size of the Virtual Machines (one is 16GB and the
other is 18.2 GB) is the reason. Is there a size threshold when it comes to
attempting to defrag files in Windows XP?


Thanks,

Chris

 

[Alan]

Hello,

I use VMWare Workstation (on a Windows XP Professional machine), and I
have tried to Defrag the host system's hard drives. And the only 2 files
that fail accordring to the defrag reports are just 2 VMWare Virtual
Machines.

I am thinking that the size of the Virtual Machines (one is 16GB and the
other is 18.2 GB) is the reason. Is there a size threshold when it comes
to attempting to defrag files in Windows XP?


Thanks,

Chris

Move the files off the drive. Defragment the drive. Copy the files back.

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Using the built-in defragmenter, it will require contiguous free space the
size of the file or larger in order to "move" the file.

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.

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