Defrag says some files could not be defraged...
Afater I run the defrag program it gives me the following message: Some files on this voume could not be degragmented. Please check the degrag report for the list of these files. Documents and letters\all???\appl1 person needs an answerI do too
August 22nd, 2010 3:12am
The defrag reports lists files that cannot be defragmented - is that what you are talking about and what are the names of the files?Did you click the View Report button?If you are running low on disk space the Windows defragmenter may have difficulty defragmenting your HDD. XP needs 15% of the total HDD capacity to run properly (you would get an informative message if you don't have enough room).The XP defragmenter cannot defrag files that are in use (like the registry files, event logs, pagefile.sys, etc), so they may show up as fragmented files in the defrag report. These files must be defragmented before XP loads up all the way and starts to use those files.The correct answer for you depends on what the report says. Usually, the reported files are registry files, event logs and the pagefile.On a healthy system it is certainly possible to have zero fragmented files (according to the XP report). One way is to use PageDefrag. It does not always mean you will suddenly see more free space on your HDD though, so don't let your expectations exceed reality when you get to zero defragmented files and still have no more free space.If the files handled by PageDefrag are not the files you see in the report, you need to tell us what files you see or copy/paste your report back here. You can also check out some free third party defragmenting tools. The built in one is okay, but the some others are prettier and make you feel better when they are done. If you install a third part tool, sometimes that will break the built in XP one (you can easily fix it though), so make your choices wisely after some research.You can read about and download PageDefrag download here:http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx Here is an example of such a defrag report showing zero fragmented files I just ran on my system:Defrag ResultsVolume (C:) Volume size = 37.26 GB Cluster size = 4 KB Used space = 12.70 GB Free space = 24.56 GB Percent free space = 39 %Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation = 0 % File fragmentation = 0 % Free space fragmentation = 0 %File fragmentation Total fragmented files = 0 Total excess fragments = 0 Average fragments per file = 0.00Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size = 1536 MB Total fragments = 0Folder fragmentation Total folders = 3,918 Fragmented folders = 0 Excess folder fragments = 0Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size = 94 MB MFT record count = 31,444 Percent MFT in use = 12 % Total MFT fragments = 0--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmentedNonePlease vote my posts as helpful so I can get lots of points. I am saving up for a pony!
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August 22nd, 2010 5:04am