USB External Hard Drive

[Bob Kulp]

I have a Western Digital 100GB external hard drive that I use for backup.
The drive has two partitions of 20GB and 80GB. When I try to defrag the
drive, it runs for a couple of seconds and then terminates with the
following message:

Defragmentation is complete for: Backup (I

Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.
Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.

The report is:

Volume Backup (I
Volume size = 92.25 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 49.17 GB
Free space = 43.08 GB
Percent free space = 46 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 49 %
File fragmentation = 99 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 63
Average file size = 1.09 GB
Total fragmented files = 2
Total excess fragments = 12
Average fragments per file = 1.19

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 11
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 144 KB
MFT record count = 91
Percent MFT in use = 63 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
4 48.85 GB \Backup of 2-25-2006 at 6.27 PM.nb7

Is anything wrong or am I worrying for naught.

Thanks,

Bob

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

It really does not make much sense to defrag an
external drive since it has no operating system.
You defrag results are normal.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| I have a Western Digital 100GB external hard drive that I use for backup.
| The drive has two partitions of 20GB and 80GB. When I try to defrag the
| drive, it runs for a couple of seconds and then terminates with the
| following message:
|
| Defragmentation is complete for: Backup (I
|
| Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.
| Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.
|
| The report is:
|
| Volume Backup (I
| Volume size = 92.25 GB
| Cluster size = 4 KB
| Used space = 49.17 GB
| Free space = 43.08 GB
| Percent free space = 46 %
|
| Volume fragmentation
| Total fragmentation = 49 %
| File fragmentation = 99 %
| Free space fragmentation = 0 %
|
| File fragmentation
| Total files = 63
| Average file size = 1.09 GB
| Total fragmented files = 2
| Total excess fragments = 12
| Average fragments per file = 1.19
|
| Pagefile fragmentation
| Pagefile size = 0 bytes
| Total fragments = 0
|
| Folder fragmentation
| Total folders = 11
| Fragmented folders = 1
| Excess folder fragments = 0
|
| Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
| Total MFT size = 144 KB
| MFT record count = 91
| Percent MFT in use = 63 %
| Total MFT fragments = 2
|
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
| 4 48.85 GB \Backup of 2-25-2006 at 6.27 PM.nb7
|
| Is anything wrong or am I worrying for naught.
|
| Thanks,
|
| Bob

 

[Bob Kulp]

Thanks Cary.
Now I sleep better <g>

 

[ggull]

Can we infer that there is little gain defragging internal drives other than
the one on which the operaing system resides? What if the primary drive is
partitioned -- only defrag the partition the OS is on?

 

[jt3]

I don't understand. I would have thought that the contiguity of files would
be important, no matter that there were no OS files upon it. Are you
suggesting that it is unnecessary to defragment non-OS volumes, say on the
same physical drive?

J

It really does not make much sense to defrag an
external drive since it has no operating system.
You defrag results are normal.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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:

| I have a Western Digital 100GB external hard drive that I use for backup.
| The drive has two partitions of 20GB and 80GB. When I try to defrag the
| drive, it runs for a couple of seconds and then terminates with the
| following message:
|
| Defragmentation is complete for: Backup (I
|
| Some files on this volume could not be defragmented.
| Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files.
|
| The report is:
|
| Volume Backup (I
| Volume size = 92.25 GB
| Cluster size = 4 KB
| Used space = 49.17 GB
| Free space = 43.08 GB
| Percent free space = 46 %
|
| Volume fragmentation
| Total fragmentation = 49 %
| File fragmentation = 99 %
| Free space fragmentation = 0 %
|
| File fragmentation
| Total files = 63
| Average file size = 1.09 GB
| Total fragmented files = 2
| Total excess fragments = 12
| Average fragments per file = 1.19
|
| Pagefile fragmentation
| Pagefile size = 0 bytes
| Total fragments = 0
|
| Folder fragmentation
| Total folders = 11
| Fragmented folders = 1
| Excess folder fragments = 0
|
| Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
| Total MFT size = 144 KB
| MFT record count = 91
| Percent MFT in use = 63 %
| Total MFT fragments = 2
|

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[Bob I]

Copy the "49GB fragmented" file elsewhere before the "defrag", or not
worry about it.