d drive cannot be defragmented

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  1. drkitty
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    windows 7 home basic 64 bit
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    d drive cannot be defragmented


    hi all. my d drive (recovery) is 95% fragmented. only 2.16 gb out of 15 gb is free. i cannot defragment it either using the built in defragmenter or programs like defraggler, smart defrag or wise disc cleaner. when i run the hp disc checker it says there is a problem with the smart function of my hard drive & that it also needs to be defragmented. (d drive alone not specified). i have also run error checking for both c & d drives & it says there are no problems. help needed & appreciated. thanks :)
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  3. Slartybart
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    Try running defrag in an elevated Command Prompt

    Right click on Command Prompt (start menu / accessories)

    enter the following command
    defrag -f -v -w d:
    -f Force defrag when low disk space
    -v Verbose output
    -w full defrag, disregard size limit
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  4. drkitty
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    this is what i got after doing what you told me to
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails d drive cannot be defragmented-defrag.png   d drive cannot be defragmented-defrag2.png  
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  6. kado897
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    Why bother. Your recovery drive is not used in normal use. It will only be used if you do a factory recovery.
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  7. Slartybart
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    You are absolutely correct kado - Thanks.

    I should have thought of that. My concern was "disc checker it says there is a problem with the smart function of my hard drive ". It might be interesting to run the HP disc checker again just to see if the message was a red herring. But as you say, the HP Recovery partition is only used for HP Recovery Manager, it's not used by users in everyday use.

    This is most likely a non-issue. The command line defrag finished successfully.
    kado897 said:
    Why bother. Your recovery drive is not used in normal use. It will only be used if you do a factory recovery.
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  8. kado897
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    Yes, My HP recovery partition is also highly fragmented and doesn't defrag at all. I suspect the S.M.A.R.T. problem, if real, is not connected with a need to defrag.
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  10. drkitty
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    ok so what should i do next guys? do i need to make a recovery disc?
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  11. ignatzatsonic
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    drkitty said:
    ok so what should i do next guys? do i need to make a recovery disc?
    I wouldn't do anything simply because the recovery partition was fragmented.

    But I would make recovery disks, regardless of the fragmentation state of the recovery partition. You should always make them on any PC that ships with a recovery partition.
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  12. Slartybart
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    Agreed - make your Recovery discs. HP doesn't ship discs, they put Recovery on your hard drive make you create the media.
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  13. bassfisher6522
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    Just checked out my samsung RV511 7 Home Premium 64 bit, using Auslogics disk defrag and my recovery partition defraged just fine.
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