Disk defragmentation

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  1. Posts : 28
    windows 7
       #1

    Disk defragmentation


    I have windows 7 ultimate w/ 320gb westerndigitals harddisk with 4 partitions.

    Now the problem is:

    The D drive (2nd partition) is always being displayed 6% fragmented.Yesterday it was 7% and after defragmentation it is stucked on 6%.All of them used to be 0% defragmented after dfrag was done.But now D drive is always shown 6% fragmented Why is it happening plz help me
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  2. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
       #2

    Hello brainiacary.



    Have you considered installing a 3rd party defrager to see if you get the same results?
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  3. Posts : 28
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    I have installed piriform's Defraggler and here is its result :



    But Sometimes windows' default disk defragmenter shows it(D drive) as 7% or 8% fragmented but after defragmentation it again goes to 6% and nomatter how many times i try it shows 6%.The fragmentation % does not reduce.
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  4. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #4

    That partition is probably being used by another program. Before defrg, bring up task manger and close all open process in that volume. Additional reasons, below

    Why won't some files defrag?
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  5. Posts : 28
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5

    The Defraggler shows D partition to be 0% fragmented but windows shows it 6% fragmented and D partition space is 99% free and i dont think there are anything open.
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  6. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #6

    If you see any fragmentation left over, it's most likely because it's in reserved system space (MFT, System Information volume, pagefile). My guess is Windows cant touch those and correctly reports them fragmented, Defraggler cant touch those either but it doesnt tell you, hence the 0 % fragmentation.
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  7.    #7

    Use the Auslogics Disk Defragger.
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  8. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #8

    brainiacary said:
    The Defraggler shows D partition to be 0% fragmented but windows shows it 6% fragmented and D partition space is 99% free and i dont think there are anything open.
    I have tried several free and not-free defraggers.

    I have settled upon:

    1. Choice #1: contig -q -s c: (or whatever drive you are degragging)
    2. Choice #2: Defraggler because of the graphic display and the indication of which files are involved.

    Contig is part of the SysInternals suite. of course, contig can be downloaded separately. Contig is free, is the entire suite. My personal favorites of the suite are autoruns, procmon, proexp.

    In a second, I'll get the links you need.

    You can not do better than contig in my opinion.
    Contig


    Sysinternals Suite

    Process Explorer

    Process Monitor
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  9. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #9

    brainiacary said:
    I have windows 7 ultimate w/ 320gb westerndigitals harddisk with 4 partitions.

    Now the problem is:

    The D drive (2nd partition) is always being displayed 6% fragmented.Yesterday it was 7% and after defragmentation it is stucked on 6%.All of them used to be 0% defragmented after dfrag was done.But now D drive is always shown 6% fragmented Why is it happening plz help me
    I have no idea what files ar on D but some files are protected and cannot be "defragged". 6% is nothing to be concerned about anyway.

    Is there a particular reason this is of concern to you

    Ken
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  10. Posts : 263
    Dual boot XP Pro SP3x86 and Win7 Pro x64
       #10

    First off, I agree with zigzag 3143, to wit: 6% is nothing to be concerned about. But that's we not thee.

    Windows does, indeed, "lock" some files to which, normally, a defrag will be denied access. I use a free, I think excellent, open source app called UltraDefrag which has the ability to defrag most locked files. You will fine it at SourceForge

    Monk
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