Outlook.pst not defragmenting

[Guest]

I have attempted to defrag my windows XP sp2 HD (wth 25% free space) several
times and always the same 2 files cannot be defragmented, Outlook.pst 1.69 GB
56,221 fragments and a .wmv 459 MB 1,651 fragments.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Ayush]

Try defragging from Safe Mode without any background programs running.

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:I have attempted to defrag my windows XP sp2 HD (wth 25% free space)
several
: times and always the same 2 files cannot be defragmented, Outlook.pst
1.69 GB
: 56,221 fragments and a .wmv 459 MB 1,651 fragments.
:
: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. But I've tried this with the same results.

Try defragging from Safe Mode without any background programs running.

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Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

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Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


:I have attempted to defrag my windows XP sp2 HD (wth 25% free space)
several
: times and always the same 2 files cannot be defragmented, Outlook.pst
1.69 GB
: 56,221 fragments and a .wmv 459 MB 1,651 fragments.
:
: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Have you tried compacting in Outlook?

How to compact PST files in Outlook 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196890/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England

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Thanks. But I've tried this with the same results.

Try defragging from Safe Mode without any background programs running.

--

Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


:I have attempted to defrag my windows XP sp2 HD (wth 25% free space)
several
: times and always the same 2 files cannot be defragmented, Outlook.pst
1.69 GB
: 56,221 fragments and a .wmv 459 MB 1,651 fragments.
:
: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Yes I already tried that too.

Have you tried compacting in Outlook?

How to compact PST files in Outlook 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/196890/en-us


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thanks. But I've tried this with the same results.

Try defragging from Safe Mode without any background programs running.

--
Ayush [ Be ''?'' Happy ]

For any query, search > www.Google.com
Want to know about a term > http://en.wikipedia.org


:I have attempted to defrag my windows XP sp2 HD (wth 25% free space)
several
: times and always the same 2 files cannot be defragmented, Outlook.pst
1.69 GB
: 56,221 fragments and a .wmv 459 MB 1,651 fragments.
:
: Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

ctc

Are you running Microsoft Outlook at the same time as you are running
Disk Defragmenter?

Are you running any Norton products?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Guest]

No, I reboot the computer so no programs are running, temporarily disable
norton antivirus and internet security, and run defrag.

 

[Gerry Cornell]

Disabling programs is not always the answer because interruptions
can be caused by programs running of which you may not be aware
e.g. screen saver. Hence the advice to run Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.

Please the advice by Pat Garard
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...e224f?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#b93d6881af3e224f

If above link broken try:
http://snipurl.com/zyr9

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Likely to due the fact that the built-in defragmenter requires contiguous
free space the size of a file in order to defragment the file.

If you don't have 1.69GB of contiguous frees space, then no joy in
defragmenting that 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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