can you help with disk defragmentation?

Question

i'm trying to use it to free up space using the disk defragmentation but it won't work because i don't have enough space on my hard drive! it says you need at least 15% free and i only have 1% free... i already used disk cleanup many times and im worried that if i compress files it will damage them.... can you help me?? haha

it's only c:

Answer 1

YOU SHOULD NEVER FILL A DRIVE UP THAT MUCH -- ANYTHING OVER 90% CAN CAUSE PROBLEMS / DATA CORRUPTION.

THAT BEING SAID, SINCE IT IS SO FULL, EVEN 3RD PARTY DEFRAGS WONT WORK BECAUSE IT HAS NOWHERE TO MOVE THE DATA TO. YOU NEED TO MANUALLY DELETE / MOVE THINGS -- THAT IS THE ONLY WAY -- SORRY

IF IT IS MUSIC OR MOVIES THAT HAS FILLED IT UP, BACK UP A BUCH ON A BLACNK CD OR DVD AND THEN DELETE

BUY A BIGGER HDD, THEN REINSTALL THE BACK-UP FILES

Answer 2

It doesn't matter how many times your run disk clean up in a row. Once you've done it, it deletes all the current removeable unneeded files. What you need to do is delete things from your computer. Try uninstalling some programs Control Panel> Add or Remove Programs. Keep uninstalling things until you have enough space. It's that or get a new hard drive and transfer things over to free space. Having 1% on your hard drives means you will be REALLY slow in processing. So I suggest you get on this ASAP.

Answer 3

Defraging will not free up significant amount of disk space. What you need to do is get rid of the files you haven't opened in a year or more & uninstall programs you don't use. Archive the files you need to keep to CD or DVD.
Check out Cnet.com for tips & tricks on cleaning out the crap

Answer 4

From Wikipedia: Defragmentation: In the context of administering computer systems, defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems. It does this by physically reorganizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file close together and contiguously. It also attempts to create larger regions of free space using compaction to impede the return of fragmentation. Some defragmenters also try to keep smaller files within a single directory together, as they are often accessed in sequence. Fragmentation: In computing, file system fragmentation, sometimes called file system aging, is the inability of a file system to lay out related data sequentially (contiguously), an inherent phenomenon in storage-backed file systems that allow in-place modification of their contents. It is a special case of data fragmentation. File system fragmentation increases disk head movement or seeks, which are known to hinder throughput. The correction to existing fragmentation is to reorganize files and free space back into contiguous areas, a process called defragmentation.

Answer 5

Do you mean to say that you have 1% free space on EVERY of your drives? If its so, then there is no other option other than deleting some games, music, video etc. If its only C: that has 1% free space, then you can transfer the music, video, image, games and such other files to other drives. You should have at least 35% free space on your C:, you know. How on earth did you let it get down to 1%?

Answer 6

Try ccleaner, it's free and does a nice job of cleaning up junk.

Don't compress files, every time you need to read them you have to decompress them

If you still don't have 15% you might need to delete some music or videos.

Answer 7

Jamie you won't damage your them if you compress all your files. In fact if you compress some of your files your pc runs faster. First, remove any programs that you no longer use. Make a list of the software that you use most on your computer. Uninstall all of the other software.

Answer 8

Sure, all you need to do is backup some of files to CD-R, at 700MB a piece, you can easily get the 14% space you need by purchasing a CD Burner and some blank discs.

Answer 9

You need to buy a bigger hard drive!