Author Topic: green areas in XP defragment (Read 4902 times)

allthumbs · « **on:** July 09, 2007, 08:23:56 AM »

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 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:26:20 AM »

which ones home and which is pro??

allthumbs · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:27:56 AM »

sorry - work comp has XP Pro

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:38:22 AM »

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 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:40:47 AM »

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

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2007, 08:45:48 AM »

not sure.. is your home one up to date

allthumbs · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:24:21 AM »

up to date how?

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:28:36 AM »

like windows update

allthumbs · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2007, 09:46:31 AM »

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 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2007, 10:03:08 AM »

then try the update

allthumbs · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:01:52 AM »

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

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:09:21 AM »

have her restart the machine and try again

allthumbs · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:34:05 AM »

sorry - no luck again

The Saviour · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:39:26 AM »

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 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:41:31 AM »

what protection do you have

allthumbs · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:43:27 AM »

spybot search and destroy, spyware blaster, Norton Anti virus

allthumbs · « **Reply #16 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:46:15 AM »

beyond all this, is the update even going to do anything about the large amount of unmovable files?

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #17 on:** July 09, 2007, 11:48:30 AM »

get superantispyware and scan in safe mode

here is a pic of the green i have. how much more do you have?

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allthumbs · « **Reply #18 on:** July 09, 2007, 12:09:37 PM »

I have 9 blocks of green that are wider than yours.

allthumbs · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2007, 12:25:25 PM »

I personally tried the updates and they do not work. error 0x80246008 - any help?

unlovedwarrior · « **Reply #20 on:** July 09, 2007, 12:29:08 PM »

look here

Calum · « **Reply #21 on:** July 09, 2007, 01:48:21 PM »

Green files = paging file and hibernation file.
What are the sizes of each on each PC?
"Control Panel - System - Advanced - Settings (first one) - Advanced - Change" for your paging file.
And "Control Panel - Power Options - Hibernation" for your hibernation file.
Basically, one of your computers has more space devoted to one or both of these files than the other.
Neither the hibernation or paging file can be moved because it is always in use.
Hope this helps, and if you need a better explanation just ask and I'll try again.

allthumbs · « **Reply #22 on:** July 09, 2007, 04:24:56 PM »

Background Intelligent Transfer Service was disabled. That's what I get for drinking beer and tweaking profiles at the same time! however, I still have the original problem w/ green space. In response to Calum - Paging file is 6143 MB
Hibernation file is 2048 MB
Hibernation is not activated, though
Now that I have caught up on all the updates I was missing, I have even less available space

Is there a solution? The unmovable files are taking over !!!!

allthumbs · « **Reply #23 on:** July 09, 2007, 04:59:35 PM »

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Re: how to move drive space
« Reply #11 on: July 03, 2007, 12:39:16 PM »

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Quote from: allthumbs on July 03, 2007, 12:00:02 PM
to move My Documents - that's a good idea - just right click and cut and paste? To the other poster, what is the swap file? Thanks for the help!

The swap file is the Virtual Memory file.

My Computer - Advanced - Performance - Advanced - Virtual Memory

Set it so the C: drive has a Custom size,

initial size 2 MB maximum size 50 MB

then set it so that the D: drive has a Custom size

initial size 1.5 times the RAM size, maximum 1.5 times the RAM size.

This did it for the green areas! Thanks to all who helped! You are the best!!!!

Calum · « **Reply #24 on:** July 10, 2007, 03:19:07 AM »

Where did you get all that from all of a sudden?
Anyway, you're welcome if what I said helped at all.
6Gb was a fairly large swap file, you should definitely have reduced it which I gather you have done now.

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