Defraging

alphaomega16

alphaomega16

alphaomega16

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Anyone know why I have to defrag my system every day ?

I dont put anything new on the drive after I defrag it then later in the day I analyze the drive with diskeeper and the red/blue is pretty much 50/50 ? WTF.

This is also after a restart as well I usually restart the computer when I wake up and before I goto bed so it runs nice through the night and through the day.

It says "Warning" after the analysis which results in minimum 2 defrags a day
 
Bit scare info to base any judgements on.

I tend to ignore the % fragmentation, and look at the number of files fragmented and the average number of fragments per file.
 
sorry.

Windows XP Professional SP2
NTFS Partition 30GB

Fragmented Files - 162
Fragmentation % - (Volume 0%, Data 0%)
Fragments Per File (Average) - 1.09
Files with performance loss - 156

I would copy and paste the saved txt file but its too long, heres the most fragmented files hopefully not that long

Most Fragmented Files
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Fragments File size Most fragmented files
3,340 46,996 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Local Settings\Temp\
MSI173.tmp
256 10,988 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Local Settings\Temp\
MSI1C1.tmp
142 72 KB \Program Files\SpeedFan\debug.nfo
113 57 KB \WINDOWS\DirectX.log
50 21,016 KB \System Volume Information\
_restore{2EEAC6FE-60D4-43E8-9E1D-
1BAABCE8D457}\RP161\snapshot\
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
27 30 KB \WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\
wbemess.log
26 1,400 KB \System Volume Information\
_restore{2EEAC6FE-60D4-43E8-9E1D-
1BAABCE8D457}\RP160\snapshot\
Repository\FS\INDEX.BTR
24 62,767 KB \System Volume Information\
_restore{2EEAC6FE-60D4-43E8-9E1D-
1BAABCE8D457}\RP161\A0009157.msi
22 715 KB \System Volume Information\
_restore{2EEAC6FE-60D4-43E8-9E1D-
1BAABCE8D457}\RP159\change.log.1
15 1 KB \WINDOWS\system32\config\
system.LOG [Excess Allocation]
15 733 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Application Data\
Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
ywlg7xvz.default\bookmarks.html
14 87 KB \WINDOWS\system32\nvapps.xml
9 49 KB \WINDOWS\system32\Status.MPF
8 37 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Application Data\
Logitech\SetPoint\user.xml
8 303 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Application Data\vlc\
cache\plugins-04041e.dat
8 188 KB \Documents and Settings\
All Users\Application Data\
McAfee.com Personal Firewall\
data\log.edb
7 107 KB \System Volume Information\
_restore{2EEAC6FE-60D4-43E8-9E1D-
1BAABCE8D457}\RP161\
change.log [Excess Allocation]
7 62,765 KB \WINDOWS\Installer\519eb39.msi
7 46 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Application Data\vlc\
vlcrc
6 1,025 KB \WINDOWS\
WindowsUpdate.log [Excess
Allocation]
6 69 KB \WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\
dberr.txt
6 24 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Local Settings\
Application Data\Microsoft\
Messenger\
ail]\
SharingMetadata\Logs\
Dfsr00003.log
5 305 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Local Settings\
Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\
Profiles\ywlg7xvz.default\Cache\
C63EFDE3d01
5 49 KB \WINDOWS\Debug\UserMode\
userenv.log
5 760 KB \Program Files\Common Files\
InstallShield\Driver\1150\
Intel 32\IDriver.exe
5 537 KB \Program Files\Common Files\
InstallShield\Driver\1150\
Intel 32\_ISRES1033.dll
5 40 KB \Documents and Settings\
Jellybaby\Application Data\
Microsoft\Installer\
{6BC0CDD6-E0C2-434D-9365-23E79E42
DA95}\
Options.exe_6BC0CDD6E0C2434D93652
3E79E42DA95.exe


sure you get the idea (I cut the list short as well) and here is the Statistics

Statistics
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Volume Files
Volume size = 29,313 MB
Cluster size = 512 bytes
Used space = 12,063 MB
Free space = 17,250 MB
Percent free space = 58 %

Fragmentation percentage
Volume fragmentation = 0 %
Data fragmentation = 0 %

Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 5,088
Fragmented directories = 3
Excess directory fragments = 6

File fragmentation
Total files = 45,290
Average file size = 272 KB
Total fragmented files = 162
Total excess fragments = 4,325
Average fragments per file = 1.09
Files with performance loss = 156

Paging file fragmentation
Paging/Swap file size = 2,046 MB
Total fragments = 1

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 97 MB
MFT records In Use = 51,020
Percent MFT in use = 51 %
Total MFT fragments = 0
 
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Your output says 0% fragmentation? Not too sure what is going on with that.

Having looked at your output I have a few suggestions. Your average fragments per file is 1.09. Seems a lot, until you see that you have two large files that are heavily fragmented. MSI173.tmp has 3,340 fragments at 46Mb. MSI1C1.tmp has 256 fragments at 10Mb.

The good news is you can delete both of these files as they are only TEMP files. This will reduce your average fragments per file considerably (as well as speeding up your defrag!). (Your next heavily fragmented file is only 72k and has 142 fragments)

I strongly recommend consolidating your free space on your drive. (This will do a lot to help the recurring problem with fragmentation your having)

Further recommendations would be to invest in a larger HDD. Keeping your swap file and data away from your OS helps to keep fragmentation to a minimum. (You could even create a 10Gig-15Gig Partition on your current drive for your data based on your current free space)

Also check what % your reserving for system restore. You have a lot of system restore points that are causing you fragmentation.

I would also remove your email address before a bot picks it up and adds you to a spam list.
 
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Sneaky bugger how did that E-Mail get there lol.

Thanks for the tip

The HDD is actually a 120GB I just have C: as 30GB just for programs and the other data for the second partition.
 
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