Defrag Problems

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I have searched and don't see a clear cut answer. I have the defrag in vista
running weekly, yet system mechanic 7 tells me my HD is 37% fragmented and
increasing. I even tried running the vista defrag manually and it ran for
about 30 hours and I still seem to have the same problem. Is system mechanic
lying to me? I have noticed a bit of slowdown when navigating my folders,
especially in the previews. Can someone tell me is there a way to check the
fragmentation of the HD? ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
 
miss-information said:
From an elevated command prompt. defrag.exe c: -a

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Just found that online. Thanks. system mechanic is lying to me, windoews says only 10% fraged. Thanks
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It is probably measuring it according to what it thinks is a defragged drive
rather than lying.
 
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Just found that online. Thanks. system mechanic is lying to me, windoews says only 10% fraged. Thanks
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It's not so much a matter of "lying", but rather, different definitions
of what "defragmented" means.

Defragmenting free space (meaning lumping all your files at the
beginning of the drive) was traditionally a very good thing. Under NTFS
it's just the opposite, unless your drive is extremely full, having some
free space will reduce the level of directory fragmentation as new files
are created.
 
there have been numerous problem reported with system mechanic.
I use Auslogics Disk Defrag.
work great, even with vista running. but cannot defrag some system files.
graphical display , pretty little moving boxes while working.


(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I have searched and don't see a clear cut answer. I have the defrag in vista
running weekly, yet system mechanic 7 tells me my HD is 37% fragmented and
increasing. I even tried running the vista defrag manually and it ran for
about 30 hours and I still seem to have the same problem. Is system mechanic
lying to me? I have noticed a bit of slowdown when navigating my folders,
especially in the previews. Can someone tell me is there a way to check the
fragmentation of the HD? ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Also there are a number of "files" that just can't be defragged, e.g. restore points and some other system\locked files.
there have been numerous problem reported with system mechanic.
I use Auslogics Disk Defrag.
work great, even with vista running. but cannot defrag some system files.
graphical display , pretty little moving boxes while working.


(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I have searched and don't see a clear cut answer. I have the defrag in vista
running weekly, yet system mechanic 7 tells me my HD is 37% fragmented and
increasing. I even tried running the vista defrag manually and it ran for
about 30 hours and I still seem to have the same problem. Is system mechanic
lying to me? I have noticed a bit of slowdown when navigating my folders,
especially in the previews. Can someone tell me is there a way to check the
fragmentation of the HD? ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
 
for a better defrag job.
you have to use disk cleanup and clean your IE caches before.
also the events need to be cleared.

(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

Also there are a number of "files" that just can't be defragged, e.g. restore points and some other system\locked files.
there have been numerous problem reported with system mechanic.
I use Auslogics Disk Defrag.
work great, even with vista running. but cannot defrag some system files.
graphical display , pretty little moving boxes while working.


(e-mail address removed)@sport.rr.com

I have searched and don't see a clear cut answer. I have the defrag in vista
running weekly, yet system mechanic 7 tells me my HD is 37% fragmented and
increasing. I even tried running the vista defrag manually and it ran for
about 30 hours and I still seem to have the same problem. Is system mechanic
lying to me? I have noticed a bit of slowdown when navigating my folders,
especially in the previews. Can someone tell me is there a way to check the
fragmentation of the HD? ANy help would be greatly appreciated.
 
Defrag is kind of a waste of time, really how much time are you saving
anyway, 1 min, 2 min a year? I used to defrag but stopped doing it, with
the speed of drives and the advancements in file systems, I guess I don't
see a big gain. Mostly I see it as a something to tinker with, something to
"do".
 
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