Disk space/defrag problem - W2K

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I have W2K Pro with 3 NTFS partions on the hard disk. Drive C: properties
shows 15% free space. When I try to run the disk fragmenter there is very
little space. In fact, I gained some working space by deleting tmp files and
tmp internet files. I ran disk frag several times (also chkdsk) and there is
a 'red' area at the right of the defrag display which suggests there are
lots of fragments of old files in the 15% which is being reported as 'free
space'. Can someone please advise on how to get rid of them.

Running chkdsk c: from a command window gives:

9807650 KB total disk space.
7985932 KB in 111099 files.
51444 KB in 5200 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
238534 KB in us by the system.
51088 KB occupied by the log file.
1531740 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2451912 total allocation units on disk.
382935 allocation units available on disk.

TIA.
Regards,
Nigel.
 
Three things you can try:
1. Empty the Recycle Bin.
2. Move the pagefile elsewhere off that partition.
3. Get a more powerful defragger than the one bundled in W2k, like
PerfectDisk. Less free space required, and more capable defragging.
 
First, the defrag utility provided with WIN2K is really pretty weak, and
doesn't do a really good job of defragging. Two quite good ones are
DiskKeeper, and PerfectDisk.

That said, the red area does not represent files physically within free
space on your partition. Not sure how files that have been logically
deleted, but are still held within the Recycle Bin are displayed.

Try emptying your Recycle Bin (if you haven't already) and defrag again.

15% free space is not really enough for the built-in defrag utility to work
well. And it won't defrag system files, and probably not directories either.

I recommend that you get a commercial defragger -- the two above are inthe
$30-$50- range, and well worth it. They also both offer boot-time defrag
capability, which should also help you out with system/MFT/metadata files.
 
From my past experience, after running defrag a few times, copy and paste
the files left and see if some of those can be deleted.
Some of the log files get to be humongous, but can be deleted without any
problem.

good computing,
don
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I have W2K Pro with 3 NTFS partions on the hard disk. Drive C: properties
shows 15% free space. When I try to run the disk fragmenter there is very
little space. In fact, I gained some working space by deleting tmp files and
tmp internet files. I ran disk frag several times (also chkdsk) and there is
a 'red' area at the right of the defrag display which suggests there are
lots of fragments of old files in the 15% which is being reported as 'free
space'. Can someone please advise on how to get rid of them.

Running chkdsk c: from a command window gives:

9807650 KB total disk space.
7985932 KB in 111099 files.
51444 KB in 5200 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
238534 KB in us by the system.
51088 KB occupied by the log file.
1531740 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
2451912 total allocation units on disk.
382935 allocation units available on disk.

TIA.
Regards,
Nigel.
 
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