Hey everyone,
While attempting to fragment my PC, the fragmentation program is telling me that some files will not fragment, mainly files in program files and documents and settings.
Seing as these as fairly large files *one of my documents is over 7 gigs, I was hoping someone would have the solution.
I am using Windows XP.
Thank you in advance.
Peace=)
2007-11-11 11:47:44 · 5 answers · asked by andrew c 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Never heard of defrag doing that, but if your doc files are as big as you say, I can see where it may cause an issue. Only suggestion I would have would be to copy all your documents onto disk or flash drive, delete them off hard drive, then attempt defrag again. One defrag is complete, you can add docs back onto hard drive. Other than that, no clue.... good luck.
2007-11-11 11:51:54 · answer #1 · answered by Kevin G 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are talking about green lines in the fragmentation graph, the XP tool doesnt defrag these. They are system files. As for the 7 G files, do you have enough free space to actually move about the fragmented files? If not a thorough job wont be accomplished with the native tool though some third party tools may do it withmuch lesser free space. Problem with fragmentation is that once it starts, everything subsequently gets disorganized, self propagating just like mixing up pieces of a jigsaw.
2007-11-12 00:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by jizmo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The defrag program cannot find a block of free space 7 gigabyes in size to copy your document to. Is your disk fairly full? Defragmentation works better when the disk is less that 75% full, you may wish to invest in a larger disk.
BTW, I hope you back up your 7 gig doc regularly.
2007-11-11 11:59:17 · answer #3 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ive seen this issue with how much space windows wants to work the defragger vs how much space is actually on the HDD, never really seen any issues with the size of the file and ample amount of space on the drive, but i agree with the other if no other issues are working for you i would back up this data either to an external HDD or burn it to disk, then defrag the comp.
not a know it all, but a tech
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2007-11-11 11:58:32 · answer #4 · answered by p1np01nt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if u have a document over 7 gigs i would try getting rid of it ... burn it off or somthing ..
2007-11-11 11:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋