Win 2000 Defrag Free Space Required

[Mike]

I get this message when trying to defrag:

Volume C: has 14% free but only 8% is available for use by
Disk Deframenter. To run efficiently, Disk Defragmenter
requires 15%. Do you want to run anyway? YES or NO

I have nothing compressed on entire drive. I disabled anti-
virus (so tried to limit open files). I even minumized
and/or eliminated Recycle Bin's and IE temp cache (didn't
affect the numbers).

What is "available? (8% of the 14%)
What happens if I say YES?

Have only one drive and one partition. Win 2000 Pro SP4,
everything up to date so I believe.

Michael

 

[Bob I]

14% of the drivespace is unused
8% of the drivespace is contiguous(area for defrag to move files in and
out of during the defrag process)

If you say Yes, it will go forward but be prepared for it to take some
time. Say start it and go to bed.

 

[Jay Somerset]

14% of the drivespace is unused
8% of the drivespace is contiguous(area for defrag to move files in and
out of during the defrag process)

If you say Yes, it will go forward but be prepared for it to take some
time. Say start it and go to bed.

Or, pay a small amount, and get a proper (professional quality) defragger.
Look at DiskKeeper and PerfectDisk. Both work well, and cost under $30.

You might also want to look at O-O_Defrag, but I don't think it is as well
supported. The non-free version has a couple of nice options, however, such
as putting the files in directory/filename order, which keeps related files
reasonably near each other.