Defrag Problems
Posted by admin on Dec 29th, 2006
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.
Jan 2nd, 2007 at 08:21 am
From an elevated command prompt. defrag.exe c: a mi"crzycrkr"
Jan 7th, 2007 at 03:22 pm
"missinformation" wrote:
Jan 13th, 2007 at 08:24 am
It is probably measuring it according to what it thinks is a defragged drive rather than lying. "crzycrkr"
Jan 18th, 2007 at 02:07 am
In message crzycrkr wrote: 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. Insert something clever here.
Jan 22nd, 2007 at 08:40 pm
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. mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "crzycrkr" 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.
Jan 28th, 2007 at 12:06 pm
Also there are a number of "files" that just can't be defragged, e.g. restore points and some other system\locked files. "mikeyhsd" 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. mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "crzycrkr" 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.
Jan 31st, 2007 at 12:31 pm
for a better defrag job. you have to use disk cleanup and clean your IE caches before. also the events need to be cleared.mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "HDFatBoy2003" Also there are a number of "files" that just can't be defragged, e.g. restore points and some other system\locked files. "mikeyhsd" 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. mikeyhsd@sport.rr.commikeyhsd@sport.rr.com "crzycrkr" 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.
Feb 1st, 2007 at 05:36 am
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"."crzycrkr"