Diskeeper 10 Pro Question

Magic_x_uk · 13 Mar 2006 at 08:34

I use this program for defragmantation of my hard drives. I have just installed a new Hard drive (Samsung Spinspoint Sata II 250GB) This drive is just used for storing photos, mp3 medium etc.

Now on "Analyze" on this new drive it says "Warning"

The overall health of Volume K: (Samsung drive) is degraded

The overall health is at a warning level for the following reasons

the MFT Usage is currently 99% of the total MFT size, whic indicates it is likely the MFT with become fragmented

Is this a bad thing

I dont understamd what MFT and I know I can change it but should i ?

Like i said above, it's not a boot drive, its just for extra storage

Thank you

Clarkey · 13 Mar 2006 at 09:31

MFT is the Master File Table, stores information about files and directories on the filesystem. Diskeeper does a good job is sorting it out.

Magic_x_uk · 13 Mar 2006 at 10:04

so should it be kept at 99% then

Neolink · 13 Mar 2006 at 13:32

search for 'frag shield' in diskeeper, its in one of the menu's i dont remember which. it will allow you to change the MFT size to your liking

Magic_x_uk · 14 Mar 2006 at 14:29

Yeah i realise you can change the MFT, but at the moment its on 99% on that hard drive, should i change it, and why ? and what to ??

Le Samourai · 14 Mar 2006 at 20:45

Magic_x_uk said:
Yeah i realise you can change the MFT, but at the moment its on 99% on that hard drive, should i change it, and why ? and what to ??

If you want to change it - I'd suggest you do if it's giving you a warning - then as mentioned earlier it's Frag Shield in the configuration menu (3-coloured cog wheel icon at the top).

Select Frag Shield (Paging File and MFT settings) > Locate the HDD > Select 'configure the MFT on this volume to the recommended size' > Submit your selection.

It'll then restart and get to work.

You might then want to run 'boot-time defragmentation' on the drive if Frag Shield doesn't already do it anyway - since the MFT has been resized.

konicky · 14 Mar 2006 at 20:49

99% is too high, the MFT should be extended to avoid fragmentation. 'Frag Shield' can configure the size for you if you want. I'm not sure what the recommended % is, mine is currently at 36%.