green areas in XP defragment

[allthumbs]

I defrag my drivea alot. I noticed my work computer has very little of the green "unmovable" files, but my hame computer seems to have a ton of disc space occupied by these files. Both are XP - however one is Home, and one is Pro. What do these files contain, and why so much on my home pc?

[unlovedwarrior]

which ones home and which is pro??

[allthumbs]

sorry - work comp has XP Pro

[unlovedwarrior]

i think its because xp pro has more features/files that deal with how your computer works then home does and thats why you see more green. i think the green are system files. have you tried going windows defrag for detailed description on the what the colored lines mean?

[allthumbs]

my home computer is the one w/ all the green - that's the wierd thing. Could it be Windows updates?

[unlovedwarrior]

not sure.. is your home one up to date

[allthumbs]

up to date how?

[unlovedwarrior]

like windows update

[allthumbs]

I'm at work, but according to my wife, the last Windows security update was 2/14/07, and the last Windows Hotfix was 3/16/07.

[unlovedwarrior]

then try the update

[allthumbs]

the update at home didn't work - per the wife, all 18 updates failed. it did work here at the office, though

[unlovedwarrior]

have her restart the machine and try again

[allthumbs]

sorry - no luck again

[The Saviour]

More info on defrag:

http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/ed01b95b-b36c-4630-bd50-df375ae86e2a1033.mspx?mfr=true

Is the OS on your computer at home a legitimate version (from an original CD - not a copy - and not already on another computer)?

Is your home computer virus and spyware free?

If you naswered "no" to the above questions...this can cause problems with Windows Update.

[unlovedwarrior]

what protection do you have