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This isn't a very fragmented disk. You only have 39 files that are
fragmented (though, they appear to be very, very fragmented).
So you have a few problems:
1) The cluster size of 512bytes virtually guarantees that you will fragment
a lot. Basically any file >512 bytes has the potential to fragment. This
could also be the source of some of your perf issues since a given seek may
only result in a 512byte read instead of 4k (which is the normal default).
Unfortunately, there isn't a lot you can do at this point, since you would
need to re-format the partition to get a larger cluster size. If you ever
decide to recreate the partition, keep this in mind.
2) From the statistics, I would guess that the files that are fragmented are
very large. The page file isn't fragmented to any noticeable degree, nor is
the MFT so that's good news. I would recommend reviewing the defrag report
and looking at the files that are fragmented. There are defrag apps out
(some are free) that will defrag a single file/directory at a time. That
may work better for you.
The bundled defrag utility basically only defrags a file if there is enough
contiguous space to do so. If there isn't then it skips the file. That is
probably why it just stops after a while.
Pat
"luca" <passani_remove@tin.it> wrote in message
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> Greg Hayes/Raxco Software wrote:
>> What statistics is the built-in defragmenter providing about this drive?
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> here are the statistics. Does it tell you anything?
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> thanks
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> Luca
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> Volume OPENWAVE (C
:
> Volume size = 19,069 MB
> Cluster size = 512 bytes
> Used space = 9,867 MB
> Free space = 9,201 MB
> Percent free space = 48 %
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> Volume fragmentation
> Total fragmentation = 14 %
> File fragmentation = 28 %
> Free space fragmentation = 0 %
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> File fragmentation
> Total files = 78,641
> Average file size = 165 KB
> Total fragmented files = 39
> Total excess fragments = 54,124
> Average fragments per file = 1.68
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> Pagefile fragmentation
> Pagefile size = 384 MB
> Total fragments = 2
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> Directory fragmentation
> Total directories = 7,318
> Fragmented directories = 1
> Excess directory fragments = 2
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> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
> Total MFT size = 90,120 KB
> MFT record count = 87,180
> Percent MFT in use = 96 %
> Total MFT fragments = 2
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> Luca
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