W2K Server Defrag

[Jeff]

Hello,

I have a Windows 2000 server with SP2 and I am having
difficulty defragmenting one of its volumes. The volume in
question is a 30GB NTFS partition (with 4K clusters) with
8.5GB free. When I try to defrag this volume it reports
that while there is 28% disk space free, only 0% is
available to Disk Defragmenter.

Any ideas or suggestions? Please reply to junk@gryphon-
services.com or CC this address in your reply. I am
including a copy of the defrag analysis report.
Thanks!!
Jeff
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Report:
Volume DATA (D:
Volume size = 30,670 MB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 22,077 MB
Free space = 8,593 MB
Percent free space = 28 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 33 %
File fragmentation = 57 %
Free space fragmentation = 10 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 503,321
Average file size = 508 KB
Total fragmented files = 27,157
Total excess fragments = 255,748
Average fragments per file = 1.50

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 2,046 MB
Total fragments = 1

Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 7,918
Fragmented directories = 593
Excess directory fragments = 6,062

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 524 MB
MFT record count = 512,559
Percent MFT in use = 95 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

 

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Jeff,

Free space on NTFS drives is located in 2 different areas - INSIDE of the
MFT Reserved Zone and OUTSIDE of the MFT Reserved Zone. Microsoft's defrag
APIs do not let defragmenters use the free space inside of the Reserved
Zone. You need to determine exactly where your existing free space is
located - something that the built-in defragmenter really doesn't provide.

- 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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