Roy said:
In working with Norton Tech, I found Norton 360 uses Windows defragger and
there appears to be a problem with it in that a clean defragged disk reads
very high with it. Does anyone know a fix for Windows degrag analyzer?
I have a technique for defragging, that doesn't use a defragmentation program.
I use "backup, re-initialize_partition, restore" as a means to fix up the
partition. I just did the procedure, and it took me about 2 hours. One
disadvantage of the method, is it can't be scripted, and requires
error-prone manual intervention. The 2 hour time, includes doing a
backup of C:, sector by sector, to ensure nothing can be lost if there
are problems.
This is my defragmentation report, after having just done the procedure.
This is the third time I've done this, since installing WinXP.
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Volume WINXP (C
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Volume size = 72.56 GB
Cluster size = 32 KB
Used space = 49.31 GB
Free space = 23.25 GB
Percent free space = 32 %
Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation = 0 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 176,471
Average file size = 244 KB
Total fragmented files = 1
Total excess fragments = 1
Average fragments per file = 1.00
Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 2.00 GB
Total fragments = 1
Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 13,379
Fragmented folders = 69
Excess folder fragments = 91
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Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
2 2 MB \WINDOWS\WindowsUpdate.log
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My colored graph consists of a green bar (which could be the pagefile),
a white area of equal size (room for hiberfil.sys?). A large blue bar,
a white gap, and another large blue bar. There are no red bars to be seen,
although there should be one for the WindowsUpdate file, which already
got fragmented when Windows booted.
You can make it easier for the Windows defragmenter to do its job,
by arranging for a larger percentage of free space on the drive.
You can also look at using a third-party defragmentation tool.
There are forums where you can find discussions and comments from users.
http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-13...317742&messageID=3167455&tag=leftCol;post-717
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defragmentation_software
Paul