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Guest brothersamati
Posted

Don't know what made me run disk cleanup. Before, my disk was beautifully

unfragmented, with its 25% of space mainly in one block and hardly any

fragmented files. After cleanup the disk was in about 1000 pieces and about

50% of my files were fragmented. Defrag reduced that to only about 30-40

times what I'd started with, but after repeated attempts at defragging I

still have about 300 stripes.

 

Chkdsk/f found some errors but I can't see what it did about them because

the message flashes and disappears before I can read it.

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Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Defragmenterbrothersamati wrote:

> Don't know what made me run disk cleanup. Before, my disk was

> beautifully unfragmented, with its 25% of space mainly in one block

> and hardly any fragmented files. After cleanup the disk was in about

> 1000 pieces and about 50% of my files were fragmented. Defrag

> reduced that to only about 30-40 times what I'd started with, but

> after repeated attempts at defragging I still have about 300 stripes.

>

> Chkdsk/f found some errors but I can't see what it did about them

> because the message flashes and disappears before I can read it.

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Which you can find in Event Viewer:

Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

Log files are at the top.

 

 

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

>

 

 

 

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Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Ace

 

Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

Viewer Report.

 

--

Regards.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Ace wrote:

> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

> Log files are at the top.

>

>

>

> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>

>> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

Guest brothersamati
Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Here's the report:

 

Volume New Volume (C:)

Volume size = 76.69 GB

Cluster size = 4 KB

Used space = 54.61 GB

Free space = 22.08 GB

Percent free space = 28 %

 

Volume fragmentation

Total fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation = 1 %

Free space fragmentation = 0 %

 

File fragmentation

Total files = 96,666

Average file size = 736 KB

Total fragmented files = 33

Total excess fragments = 969

Average fragments per file = 1.01

 

Pagefile fragmentation

Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

Total fragments = 1

 

Folder fragmentation

Total folders = 9,730

Fragmented folders = 3

Excess folder fragments = 3

 

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

Total MFT size = 122 MB

MFT record count = 108,518

Percent MFT in use = 86 %

Total MFT fragments = 3

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

35 236 KB \Documents and Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG

12 519 KB

\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

6 182 KB

\WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

Backup\data\Carbonite.log

 

"Gerry" wrote:

> Ace

>

> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

> Viewer Report.

>

> --

> Regards.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Ace wrote:

> > Which you can find in Event Viewer:

> > Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

> > Log files are at the top.

> >

> >

> >

> > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

> > @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> >

> >> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

>

>

>

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore

on your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb.

Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System

Restore. Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time

find the slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit.

When you get to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.

 

Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp,

More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System

Restore point?

 

Run Disk Defragmenter and post another copy of the report.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

brothersamati wrote:

> Here's the report:

>

> Volume New Volume (C:)

> Volume size = 76.69 GB

> Cluster size = 4 KB

> Used space = 54.61 GB

> Free space = 22.08 GB

> Percent free space = 28 %

>

> Volume fragmentation

> Total fragmentation = 0 %

> File fragmentation = 1 %

> Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>

> File fragmentation

> Total files = 96,666

> Average file size = 736 KB

> Total fragmented files = 33

> Total excess fragments = 969

> Average fragments per file = 1.01

>

> Pagefile fragmentation

> Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

> Total fragments = 1

>

> Folder fragmentation

> Total folders = 9,730

> Fragmented folders = 3

> Excess folder fragments = 3

>

> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

> Total MFT size = 122 MB

> MFT record count = 108,518

> Percent MFT in use = 86 %

> Total MFT fragments = 3

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

> 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

> Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius

> Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks 35 236 KB

> \Documents and Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG 12 519 KB

> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

> 10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

> 6 182 KB

> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

> 6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

> Backup\data\Carbonite.log

>

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> Ace

>>

>> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an

>> Event Viewer Report.

>>

>> --

>> Regards.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> Ace wrote:

>>> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>>> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>>> Log files are at the top.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

>>> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>>>

>>>> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Run defrag a second time. Don't pay too much attention to the stripes. They

are only estimates and not accurate at all.

 

"brothersamati" <brothersamati@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:21FEEA88-176B-4939-81C6-4FAFEAB3B2C2@microsoft.com...

> Here's the report:

>

> Volume New Volume (C:)

> Volume size = 76.69 GB

> Cluster size = 4 KB

> Used space = 54.61 GB

> Free space = 22.08 GB

> Percent free space = 28 %

>

> Volume fragmentation

> Total fragmentation = 0 %

> File fragmentation = 1 %

> Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>

> File fragmentation

> Total files = 96,666

> Average file size = 736 KB

> Total fragmented files = 33

> Total excess fragments = 969

> Average fragments per file = 1.01

>

> Pagefile fragmentation

> Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

> Total fragments = 1

>

> Folder fragmentation

> Total folders = 9,730

> Fragmented folders = 3

> Excess folder fragments = 3

>

> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

> Total MFT size = 122 MB

> MFT record count = 108,518

> Percent MFT in use = 86 %

> Total MFT fragments = 3

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

> 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

> Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

> 35 236 KB \Documents and

> Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG

> 12 519 KB

> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

> 10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

> 6 182 KB

> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

> 6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

> Backup\data\Carbonite.log

>

> "Gerry" wrote:

>

>> Ace

>>

>> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

>> Viewer Report.

>>

>> --

>> Regards.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> Ace wrote:

>> > Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>> > Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>> > Log files are at the top.

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

>> > @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>> >

>> >> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

>>

>>

>>

Guest brothersamati
Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Three more defrags, with System Restore allocation reduced from 6% to 1%,

produced a slight but noticeable reduction in the number of stripes but left

the fragmented file(s) untouched. Was not able to remove any of the System

Restore points - going to Disk Cleanup did not offer me "more options" nor

did System Restore or anything else I could find. I take the point that the

stripe diagram is not accurate but cannot help feeling that the change from

about 7 stripes to something like 1000 must have been significant.

 

"Unknown" wrote:

> Run defrag a second time. Don't pay too much attention to the stripes. They

> are only estimates and not accurate at all.

>

> "brothersamati" <brothersamati@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:21FEEA88-176B-4939-81C6-4FAFEAB3B2C2@microsoft.com...

> > Here's the report:

> >

> > Volume New Volume (C:)

> > Volume size = 76.69 GB

> > Cluster size = 4 KB

> > Used space = 54.61 GB

> > Free space = 22.08 GB

> > Percent free space = 28 %

> >

> > Volume fragmentation

> > Total fragmentation = 0 %

> > File fragmentation = 1 %

> > Free space fragmentation = 0 %

> >

> > File fragmentation

> > Total files = 96,666

> > Average file size = 736 KB

> > Total fragmented files = 33

> > Total excess fragments = 969

> > Average fragments per file = 1.01

> >

> > Pagefile fragmentation

> > Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

> > Total fragments = 1

> >

> > Folder fragmentation

> > Total folders = 9,730

> > Fragmented folders = 3

> > Excess folder fragments = 3

> >

> > Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

> > Total MFT size = 122 MB

> > MFT record count = 108,518

> > Percent MFT in use = 86 %

> > Total MFT fragments = 3

> >

> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> > Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

> > 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

> > Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

> > 35 236 KB \Documents and

> > Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG

> > 12 519 KB

> > \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

> > 10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

> > 6 182 KB

> > \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

> > 6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

> > Backup\data\Carbonite.log

> >

> > "Gerry" wrote:

> >

> >> Ace

> >>

> >> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

> >> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

> >> Viewer Report.

> >>

> >> --

> >> Regards.

> >>

> >> Gerry

> >> ~~~~

> >> FCA

> >> Stourport, England

> >> Enquire, plan and execute

> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> >>

> >> Ace wrote:

> >> > Which you can find in Event Viewer:

> >> > Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

> >> > Log files are at the top.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

> >> > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

> >> > @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

> >> >

> >> >> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

> >>

> >>

> >>

>

>

>

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

It could be these files are in use at the time of running Disk

Defragmenter.

 

Try running Disk Defragmenter in Safe Mode.

 

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

brothersamati wrote:

> Three more defrags, with System Restore allocation reduced from 6% to

> 1%, produced a slight but noticeable reduction in the number of

> stripes but left the fragmented file(s) untouched. Was not able to

> remove any of the System Restore points - going to Disk Cleanup did

> not offer me "more options" nor did System Restore or anything else I

> could find. I take the point that the stripe diagram is not accurate

> but cannot help feeling that the change from about 7 stripes to

> something like 1000 must have been significant.

>

> "Unknown" wrote:

>

>> Run defrag a second time. Don't pay too much attention to the

>> stripes. They are only estimates and not accurate at all.

>>

>> "brothersamati" <brothersamati@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message news:21FEEA88-176B-4939-81C6-4FAFEAB3B2C2@microsoft.com...

>>> Here's the report:

>>>

>>> Volume New Volume (C:)

>>> Volume size = 76.69 GB

>>> Cluster size = 4 KB

>>> Used space = 54.61 GB

>>> Free space = 22.08 GB

>>> Percent free space = 28 %

>>>

>>> Volume fragmentation

>>> Total fragmentation = 0 %

>>> File fragmentation = 1 %

>>> Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>>>

>>> File fragmentation

>>> Total files = 96,666

>>> Average file size = 736 KB

>>> Total fragmented files = 33

>>> Total excess fragments = 969

>>> Average fragments per file = 1.01

>>>

>>> Pagefile fragmentation

>>> Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

>>> Total fragments = 1

>>>

>>> Folder fragmentation

>>> Total folders = 9,730

>>> Fragmented folders = 3

>>> Excess folder fragments = 3

>>>

>>> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

>>> Total MFT size = 122 MB

>>> MFT record count = 108,518

>>> Percent MFT in use = 86 %

>>> Total MFT fragments = 3

>>>

>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>>> Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

>>> 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

>>> Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius

>>> Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks 35 236 KB

>>> \Documents and Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG

>>> 12 519 KB

>>> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

>>> 10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

>>> 6 182 KB

>>> \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

>>> 6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

>>> Backup\data\Carbonite.log

>>>

>>> "Gerry" wrote:

>>>

>>>> Ace

>>>>

>>>> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>>>> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an

>>>> Event Viewer Report.

>>>>

>>>> --

>>>> Regards.

>>>>

>>>> Gerry

>>>> ~~~~

>>>> FCA

>>>> Stourport, England

>>>> Enquire, plan and execute

>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>>

>>>> Ace wrote:

>>>>> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>>>>> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>>>>> Log files are at the top.

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

>>>>> @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>>>>>

>>>>>> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

You should make it a point to run Disk Cleanup first and then defrag.

"brothersamati" <brothersamati@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:A4319892-94DA-4DD7-AEBE-B80C15844D13@microsoft.com...

> Three more defrags, with System Restore allocation reduced from 6% to 1%,

> produced a slight but noticeable reduction in the number of stripes but

> left

> the fragmented file(s) untouched. Was not able to remove any of the

> System

> Restore points - going to Disk Cleanup did not offer me "more options" nor

> did System Restore or anything else I could find. I take the point that

> the

> stripe diagram is not accurate but cannot help feeling that the change

> from

> about 7 stripes to something like 1000 must have been significant.

>

> "Unknown" wrote:

>

>> Run defrag a second time. Don't pay too much attention to the stripes.

>> They

>> are only estimates and not accurate at all.

>>

>> "brothersamati" <brothersamati@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>> message

>> news:21FEEA88-176B-4939-81C6-4FAFEAB3B2C2@microsoft.com...

>> > Here's the report:

>> >

>> > Volume New Volume (C:)

>> > Volume size = 76.69 GB

>> > Cluster size = 4 KB

>> > Used space = 54.61 GB

>> > Free space = 22.08 GB

>> > Percent free space = 28 %

>> >

>> > Volume fragmentation

>> > Total fragmentation = 0 %

>> > File fragmentation = 1 %

>> > Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>> >

>> > File fragmentation

>> > Total files = 96,666

>> > Average file size = 736 KB

>> > Total fragmented files = 33

>> > Total excess fragments = 969

>> > Average fragments per file = 1.01

>> >

>> > Pagefile fragmentation

>> > Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

>> > Total fragments = 1

>> >

>> > Folder fragmentation

>> > Total folders = 9,730

>> > Fragmented folders = 3

>> > Excess folder fragments = 3

>> >

>> > Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

>> > Total MFT size = 122 MB

>> > MFT record count = 108,518

>> > Percent MFT in use = 86 %

>> > Total MFT fragments = 3

>> >

>> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

>> > Fragments File Size Most fragmented files

>> > 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

>> > Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius

>> > Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

>> > 35 236 KB \Documents and

>> > Settings\john\ntuser.dat.LOG

>> > 12 519 KB

>> > \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15724.xml

>> > 10 430 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini

>> > 6 182 KB

>> > \WINDOWS\pchealth\helpctr\DataColl\CollectedData_15726.xml

>> > 6 2 MB \Program Files\Carbonite\Carbonite

>> > Backup\data\Carbonite.log

>> >

>> > "Gerry" wrote:

>> >

>> >> Ace

>> >>

>> >> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>> >> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an

>> >> Event

>> >> Viewer Report.

>> >>

>> >> --

>> >> Regards.

>> >>

>> >> Gerry

>> >> ~~~~

>> >> FCA

>> >> Stourport, England

>> >> Enquire, plan and execute

>> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>> >>

>> >> Ace wrote:

>> >> > Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>> >> > Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>> >> > Log files are at the top.

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> >

>> >> > "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:#ID0HYoAIHA.464

>> >> > @TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl:

>> >> >

>> >> >> Please post a copy of the Report from Disk Defragmenter.

>> >>

>> >>

>> >>

>>

>>

>>

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Oops :)

You're right. I was wrongly thinking like chkdsk logs, which do get

written to the Event logs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:OOMJOpqAIHA.3548

@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

> Ace

>

> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

> Viewer Report.

>

> --

> Regards.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Ace wrote:

>> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>> Log files are at the top.

 

 

 

--

*Reply to newsgroup please.

*Your mileage may vary.

*Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.

Guest brothersamati
Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Here is the latest report, following a safe mode defrag and a couple of

unsafe ones.

Nothing has changed dramatically.

 

Volume New Volume (C:)

Volume size = 76.69 GB

Cluster size = 4 KB

Used space = 51.93 GB

Free space = 24.76 GB

Percent free space = 32 %

 

Volume fragmentation

Total fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation = 1 %

Free space fragmentation = 0 %

 

File fragmentation

Total files = 97,133

Average file size = 670 KB

Total fragmented files = 1

Total excess fragments = 853

Average fragments per file = 1.00

 

Pagefile fragmentation

Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

Total fragments = 1

 

Folder fragmentation

Total folders = 9,503

Fragmented folders = 1

Excess folder fragments = 0

 

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

Total MFT size = 122 MB

MFT record count = 108,401

Percent MFT in use = 86 %

Total MFT fragments = 3

 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented

854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

 

 

 

 

The only thing I have to go on is the stripe pattern in the defrag display.

To the extent that this can be believed, defrag has always been successful in

(a) defragmenting files and (b) organising most of the free space into one

large, uncluttered block. This latter it has not shown much sign of doing

since I ran disk cleanup.

 

 

 

"Ace" wrote:

> Oops :)

> You're right. I was wrongly thinking like chkdsk logs, which do get

> written to the Event logs.

>

>

>

>

>

>

> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:OOMJOpqAIHA.3548

> @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>

> > Ace

> >

> > Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

> > Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

> > Viewer Report.

> >

> > --

> > Regards.

> >

> > Gerry

> > ~~~~

> > FCA

> > Stourport, England

> > Enquire, plan and execute

> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> >

> > Ace wrote:

> >> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

> >> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

> >> Log files are at the top.

>

>

>

> --

> *Reply to newsgroup please.

> *Your mileage may vary.

> *Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.

>

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

It has been successful with the exception of only one

file -SibeliusGoldLib.nks. This is a large file which is in many

fragments. I do not know why this is so as with 32% free space I would

have expected it to at least relocate in fewer and larger fragments.

 

Remaining suggestions. Copy to new location (directory) and delete

original. Copy file back to original location and delete file in

temporary location. Run Disk Defragment and observe for affect. If that

does work try Contig on the file:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/contig.mspx

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

brothersamati wrote:

> Here is the latest report, following a safe mode defrag and a couple

> of unsafe ones.

> Nothing has changed dramatically.

>

> Volume New Volume (C:)

> Volume size = 76.69 GB

> Cluster size = 4 KB

> Used space = 51.93 GB

> Free space = 24.76 GB

> Percent free space = 32 %

>

> Volume fragmentation

> Total fragmentation = 0 %

> File fragmentation = 1 %

> Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>

> File fragmentation

> Total files = 97,133

> Average file size = 670 KB

> Total fragmented files = 1

> Total excess fragments = 853

> Average fragments per file = 1.00

>

> Pagefile fragmentation

> Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

> Total fragments = 1

>

> Folder fragmentation

> Total folders = 9,503

> Fragmented folders = 1

> Excess folder fragments = 0

>

> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

> Total MFT size = 122 MB

> MFT record count = 108,401

> Percent MFT in use = 86 %

> Total MFT fragments = 3

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented

> 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

> Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius

> Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

>

>

>

>

> The only thing I have to go on is the stripe pattern in the defrag

> display. To the extent that this can be believed, defrag has always

> been successful in (a) defragmenting files and (b) organising most of

> the free space into one large, uncluttered block. This latter it has

> not shown much sign of doing since I ran disk cleanup.

>

>

>

> "Ace" wrote:

>

>> Oops :)

>> You're right. I was wrongly thinking like chkdsk logs, which do get

>> written to the Event logs.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:OOMJOpqAIHA.3548

>> @TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>>

>>> Ace

>>>

>>> Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>>> Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an

>>> Event Viewer Report.

>>>

>>> --

>>> Regards.

>>>

>>> Gerry

>>> ~~~~

>>> FCA

>>> Stourport, England

>>> Enquire, plan and execute

>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>

>>> Ace wrote:

>>>> Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>>>> Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>>>> Log files are at the top.

>>

>>

>>

>> --

>> *Reply to newsgroup please.

>> *Your mileage may vary.

>> *Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.

Posted

Re: disk cleanup & fragmentation

 

Copy the file out to say, a thumb drive, delete the one on the hard

drive, and then copy it back.

 

brothersamati wrote:

> Here is the latest report, following a safe mode defrag and a couple of

> unsafe ones.

> Nothing has changed dramatically.

>

> Volume New Volume (C:)

> Volume size = 76.69 GB

> Cluster size = 4 KB

> Used space = 51.93 GB

> Free space = 24.76 GB

> Percent free space = 32 %

>

> Volume fragmentation

> Total fragmentation = 0 %

> File fragmentation = 1 %

> Free space fragmentation = 0 %

>

> File fragmentation

> Total files = 97,133

> Average file size = 670 KB

> Total fragmented files = 1

> Total excess fragments = 853

> Average fragments per file = 1.00

>

> Pagefile fragmentation

> Pagefile size = 1.50 GB

> Total fragments = 1

>

> Folder fragmentation

> Total folders = 9,503

> Fragmented folders = 1

> Excess folder fragments = 0

>

> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

> Total MFT size = 122 MB

> MFT record count = 108,401

> Percent MFT in use = 86 %

> Total MFT fragments = 3

>

> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

> Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented

> 854 603 MB \Program Files(8.12.04)\Native

> Instruments\Kontakt Player Sibelius\Sibelius Library\SibeliusGoldLib.nks

>

>

>

>

> The only thing I have to go on is the stripe pattern in the defrag display.

> To the extent that this can be believed, defrag has always been successful in

> (a) defragmenting files and (b) organising most of the free space into one

> large, uncluttered block. This latter it has not shown much sign of doing

> since I ran disk cleanup.

>

>

>

> "Ace" wrote:

>

>

>>Oops :)

>>You're right. I was wrongly thinking like chkdsk logs, which do get

>>written to the Event logs.

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>

>>"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in news:OOMJOpqAIHA.3548

>>@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl:

>>

>>

>>>Ace

>>>

>>>Methinks not so. You get the Report by running Analyse in Disk

>>>Defragmenter and clicking on View Report. I am not looking for an Event

>>>Viewer Report.

>>>

>>>--

>>>Regards.

>>>

>>>Gerry

>>>~~~~

>>>FCA

>>>Stourport, England

>>>Enquire, plan and execute

>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>>

>>>Ace wrote:

>>>

>>>>Which you can find in Event Viewer:

>>>>Right-click 'My COmputer' on your desktop, choose 'Manage'

>>>>Log files are at the top.

>>

>>

>>

>>--

>>*Reply to newsgroup please.

>>*Your mileage may vary.

>>*Spelling/Grammar errors free of charge.

>>


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