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MP1975

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    Disk Defrag problem
    « on: May 09, 2007, 12:54:35 AM »
    When I run defrag it says it some files could not be defragmented see report for a list.
    There are no items in the list portion of the results but in the stat portion it does say 1 file could not be defragmented.

    There are still red bars in the display.

    Ran ad-aware, spy-bot, avg. Rebooted and tried again with same results.
    Haven't down loaded any new software and almost certain this ran fine after deleting Norton.

    And just an FYI. It says I spelled defragmented wrong? Looks right to me. lol


    As usual thanks in advance.

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    Re: Disk Defrag problem
    « Reply #1 on: May 09, 2007, 04:04:16 AM »
    And just an FYI. It says I spelled defragmented wrong? Looks right to me. lol

    What is 'It' that says you spelled 'defragmented' wrong? It looks fine to me.

    Maybe you need to run chkdsk on your hard drive to cure the unmovable file problem, or schedule a boot-time defrag.




    MP1975

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      Re: Disk Defrag problem
      « Reply #2 on: May 09, 2007, 09:18:48 AM »
      The spell check is the "IT"

      I did a chkdisk just last week when I uninstalled Norton but will try it again.

      Thanks.
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      contrex

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      Re: Disk Defrag problem
      « Reply #3 on: May 09, 2007, 09:22:47 AM »
      How do you access the spell check? I can't find it.

      MP1975

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        Re: Disk Defrag problem
        « Reply #4 on: May 09, 2007, 10:46:18 AM »
        I believe it is a firefox spell check.

        I did a chkdsk and that did not work.

        I also noticed something strange. There were actually 6 tasks performed. Between 3 and 4 there was a USN check. All 6 Tasks completed normally and at the end it said there are no problems with this disk.

        What do I try next.

        Thanks.
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        contrex

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        Re: Disk Defrag problem
        « Reply #5 on: May 09, 2007, 10:49:18 AM »
        maybe the 1 file is your swap file. Is it pretty big?

        I never heard of a USN check.

        MP1975

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          Re: Disk Defrag problem
          « Reply #6 on: May 09, 2007, 11:04:54 AM »
          There is no file listed once the defrag completes. I'm not sure which file it is.
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            Re: Disk Defrag problem
            « Reply #7 on: May 09, 2007, 11:08:36 AM »
            I've never seen or heard of USN either.

            Now that I think about it the only thing that has changed is AVG 7.5 has a red flag about the license expiring.
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            Re: Disk Defrag problem
            « Reply #8 on: May 09, 2007, 04:26:23 PM »
            You could DLoad and run Diskeeper Lite and use that...warning it will replace your Windows de-frag program until it is uninstalled...
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              Re: Disk Defrag problem
              « Reply #9 on: May 09, 2007, 04:33:55 PM »
              Thanks, I'll give that a shot.
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                Re: Disk Defrag problem
                « Reply #10 on: May 09, 2007, 04:47:31 PM »
                That didn't work.
                Dloaded diskeeper lite, ran it all looked good. Uninstalled keeper , re-booted and ran defrag and the same problem occured.

                NEXT! lol

                Thanks anyway.
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                Re: Disk Defrag problem
                « Reply #11 on: May 09, 2007, 08:24:57 PM »
                How did the DKLite defrag run ? ?

                Are you sure it's an unmovable file and not the swapfile ? ?

                Again if it's not causing an issue i would let it be....
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                  Re: Disk Defrag problem
                  « Reply #12 on: May 10, 2007, 11:41:16 AM »
                  DKLite ran fine. it said everything ran to completion and there were zero fragmented files. I uninstalled DKLite, rebooted and ran defrag only to have the same problem occur. I have no way of telling what file it is since is does not list it when defrag ends. I would just leave it but I have a feeling in the future it will haunt me as more files become fragmented. It only runs to about 12%.

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                  Re: Disk Defrag problem
                  « Reply #13 on: May 10, 2007, 11:58:26 AM »
                  12% of what exactly?

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                    Re: Disk Defrag problem
                    « Reply #14 on: May 10, 2007, 12:00:02 PM »
                    Defrag only runs to 12% completion before it aborts.
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                    Re: Disk Defrag problem
                    « Reply #15 on: May 10, 2007, 12:04:59 PM »
                    I would keep DKLite then... it's free and the only feature it doesn't include from the paid version is scheduling...
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                      Re: Disk Defrag problem
                      « Reply #16 on: May 10, 2007, 12:09:20 PM »
                      Were can you download Diskkeeper?
                      I googled for it but I can only find one site were you can download it and the site isn't recommended by SiteAdvisor.

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                        Re: Disk Defrag problem
                        « Reply #17 on: May 10, 2007, 12:21:18 PM »
                        Here is the completion notice from DKlite. It runs super fast which is normal. I watched it carefully and it sits at 12% for a few seconds then speeds through to 100% and says everything has completed normally. The display of the files they show you don't actually change to much from the original before you actually run DKLite. I'll try this for a while. 





                        Findings on C:

                        Diskeeper has completed a defragmentation run on this volume and there remain 0 fragmented files and/or directories and 0 excess fragments.  (There were 333 excess fragments before the defragmentation run, and now there are 100% less.)

                        The average number of fragments per file is 1.00.

                        Congratulations!  There are no excess file or directory fragments on this volume.  The files on this volume are as defragmented as possible.  Still, you should schedule Diskeeper to run at least once a day (if you haven't already done so) to maintain this low level of fragmentation. 

                        Volume (C:):
                           Volume size   =   99 GB
                           Cluster size   =   4 KB
                           Used space   =   21,996 MB
                           Free space   =   79,382 MB
                           Percent free space   =   78 %

                        Fragmentation percentage
                           Volume fragmentation   =   0 %
                           Data fragmentation   =   0 %

                        File fragmentation
                           Total files   =   91,007
                           Average file size   =   328 KB
                           Total fragmented files   =   0
                           Total excess fragments   =   0
                           Average fragments per file   =   1.00

                        Paging File fragmentation
                           Paging/Swap file size   =   1,440 MB
                           Total fragments   =   1

                        Directory fragmentation
                           Total directories   =   8,528
                           Fragmented directories   =   0
                           Excess directory fragments   =   0

                        Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
                           Total MFT size   =   117 MB
                           MFT record count   =   100,106
                           Percent MFT in use   =   83 %
                           Total MFT fragments   =   3
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                        Re: Disk Defrag problem
                        « Reply #18 on: May 10, 2007, 12:24:27 PM »
                        Then you are good to go...the pauses and quick moves at certain % points are completely normal....

                        jonas you can grab it from the site below...

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                          Re: Disk Defrag problem
                          « Reply #19 on: May 10, 2007, 12:27:13 PM »
                          Thanks Patio for all the help.
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                          « Reply #20 on: May 10, 2007, 12:34:41 PM »
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