<<While having all files completely continguous might give you
a warm feeling of satisfaction, having a few fragmentend files
makes no measurable difference on the performance of your
PC - so why worry?>>
I'm amazed that people are saying that fragmenation makes not difference. I
halved the response time of a laptop recently by defagging and it makes a
noticeable difference to my PC. If what I have always understood
fragmentation to be is still valid, which is bits of a file scattered around
the disc, it can't do anything but slow the machine down. Although I'm ready
to learn...
<<Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative. >>
Defragging was done recently. If it's left a week or so there are dozens of
files with 300+ fragments.
Volume (C
Volume size = 29.30 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 11.16 GB
Free space = 18.14 GB
Percent free space = 61 %
Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 1 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 59,188
Average file size = 288 KB
Total fragmented files = 178
Total excess fragments = 904
Average fragments per file = 1.01
Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 720 MB
Total fragments = 1
Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 5,576
Fragmented folders = 3
Excess folder fragments = 3
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 70 MB
MFT record count = 65,130
Percent MFT in use = 90 %
Total MFT fragments = 2
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Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
130 8 MB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\22G33NEB\Potterton_Gold_Combi_HE_Installation_and_Service_Instructions[1].pdf
63 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\catalogs51\38BA8544.V01
60 950 KB \System Volume
Information\_restore{5D95AE1E-87A2-4EDF-B4E0-BDB0C9EDAB3F}\RP718\change.log
38 150 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\SiteAdv\SiteAdv002.log
37 150 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\SiteAdv\SiteAdv000.log
25 1 MB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\22G33NEB\Potterton_Gold_Combi_HE_User_Guide[1].pdf
17 154 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\mcupdmgr\mcupdmgr001.log
17 65 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temp\WCESCOMM.LOG
12 53 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\mcupdmgr\mcupdmgr002.log
10 112 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temp\WCESMgr.log
10 143 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\mcmscsvc\mcmscsvc000.log
10 393 KB
\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\CollectedData_14284.xml
9 150 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\MCLOGS\MISP\mcnasvc\mcnasvc000.log
9 397 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\My
Documents\FinePrint files\AutoSave\Memo Style_2.fp
9 398 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\My
Documents\FinePrint files\AutoSave\Memo Style_1.fp
8 29 MB \System Volume
Information\_restore{5D95AE1E-87A2-4EDF-B4E0-BDB0C9EDAB3F}\RP718\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
7 54 KB \WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\wbemess.log
7 213 KB \WINDOWS\Prefetch\Layout.ini
6 213 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\My
Documents\FinePrint files\AutoSave\Memo Style.fp
6 3 MB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\McAfee\HackerWatch\data\HwLocal.xdb
6 79 KB \Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\catalogs51\38BA8B9B.V01
6 157 KB
\WINDOWS\PCHealth\HelpCtr\DataColl\CollectedData_14286.xml
6 234 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\My
Documents\FinePrint files\AutoSave\Customer balances Apr 08 at
250508Acquire.fp
5 2 MB \WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
5 100 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\29H92LZU\fragmentStyle[1].css
5 100 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\2GLOWPJO\fragmentStyle[1].css
5 88 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\2GLOWPJO\script[1].js
5 100 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\22G33NEB\fragmentStyle[1].css
5 39 KB \Documents and Settings\Office\Application
Data\Microsoft\Outlook\OutlPrnt
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<<If you're not actually having a problem with the way the computer is
operating then I'd suggest not worrying too much about the defragger
muttering over a couple of files. >>
I am concerned that after installing SP3 something changed wrt
defragmentation. I don't like change I can't explain - it makes me nervous.
I've had too much trouble with PCs in times gone by to leave something like
this. If a defragmenter is supposed to defragment and it doesn't there is
something wrong. I want to know *how wrong*. Can I sleep at night or is there
something going to pop up and bite me...?