dik defragmenter wont work?

Question

it finishes early and sais some files could not not be defragmented see report for list of files but the report doesnt show them and i have already tried defregmenting in safe mode

Answer 1

This is normal.

Some files cant be defragmented as they are most likely in use by the OS while the defragmenter is active . Once files (dll/exe/etc) are loaded in to memory they are locked by the OS. This prevents the file from being manipulated during the defragmenting process.

Also background task/programs can prevent the defragmenting process from completing succesully(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defragmentation#Defragmentation_issues), as the OS, can not have excessive writing to the hard drive while defragmenting is active. Double check that there are no background task ruining (i.e. Antivirus apps/spyware/etc...)

Good luck!

Answer 2

It's also quite possible that some files couldn't be moved because they were currently in use by the system (most likely, either a file or a DLL still open by a program). In any case, you should always stop as many other programs as possible, so the defragmenter is the only thing running.

Answer 3

Some files could not defragmented because their attribute is system and hidden or read only. Actually it won't be a problem if you don't have all files are defragment. If you really want to change the attribute, you can right click, proporties, uncheck on hidden/read only... (not recommend to unclick system).

Good luck.

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Answer 4

make sure you have more than 15 % free space in that drive. in some case when you have some very big files in a directory in one defragmentation is not enough you need to defragment it 4-5 times. try to defragment it again and again so that your directory completely defragment.

want to learn more, http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/snap_defrag.mspx?mfr=true

good luck.