Can't defrag DATA (D) drive?

whs · 30 Oct 2010

richc46 said:

That is why I suggested Windirstat, the OP said he was not sure if it was the recovery partition.

I actually prefer a picture of the opened partitions. In WinDirStat, you cannot see the folders. Plus, it is more difficult to properly use.

richc46 · 30 Oct 2010

Thats fine, but lets find out what the partition is.

flycaster · 02 Nov 2010

Sorry for not getting back sooner. Opened DATA (D). 27 items, mostly: "eula" files and "install.res....dll" files (Application extension), Recycle Bin, VC_RED (winzip file), VC_RED (Windows Installer), vcredist (bitmap). As all have the date of modification (11/7/2007 - upgraded from Vista to W7 about 6 months ago), probably came with upgrade?

whs · 02 Nov 2010

That looks like the Vista recovery partition that was left from your old installation. Unless you want to ever go back to Vista, I would delete the whole bit.

flycaster · 02 Nov 2010

Hope you don't mind, but before deleting the DATA (D) folder, I would like to make sure that it is Vista and doesn't have anything that W7 might need. Here's a snapshot:

whs · 02 Nov 2010

It is hard to tell from the file names themselves. But since they all date from 2007, they cannot be from /7. The bin and the volume info is special anyhow.
If you like, you can keep them. But a defrag is really not in order.

flycaster · 02 Nov 2010

I've deleted everything except The Recycle Bin and the System Volume Information (wouldn't allow access to this folder). Of course, I'll hold the deletions in the Recycle Bin for a while to make sure nothing goes screwy.

whs · 02 Nov 2010

Sounds like a safe approach.

pbcopter · 02 Nov 2010

How much free space is on the D: drive?
Typically needs 15% or more for the defragmenter to function.

flycaster · 02 Nov 2010

pbcopter said:

How much free space is on the D: drive?
Typically needs 15% or more for the defragmenter to function.

Used=116GB
Free=292GB
Capacity=293