Managing XP system space for the MFT
From: Svend Cr (nomail_at_mail.com)
Date: 08/14/04
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Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 08:55:50 +0100
Executive Software's Diskeeper 8 shows me two unexpected things
about my XP Pro system:
(1) The MFT on the system partition (called C) is in SIX parts.
(2) On another NTFS partition (called D) there is a surprisingly
large amount of space (12% of total partition space) reserved for
system requirements. However I switched off XP's "system
monitoring" for this drive long ago.
Defragging with Diskeeper 8 from within XP and at boot-time does
not get the MFT into fewer than 2 parts. And the defragging does
not reduce the excess space allocated to the system.
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Is there a way I can see what system free space there is for use
specifically by:
(A) The MFT ?
(B) System restore points in the System Volume Information folder ?
Most importantly, how do I get the MFT into a single part and also
give it enough space?
I have used a reg hack (from
http://www.tweakxp.com/tweak123951.aspx) to give the MFT a medium
space allocation but it doesn't seem to have made a difference.
I have never had to use XP system restore points as I back up whole
partitions by making duplicates of them. So I don't mind if I have
no space at all on any drive for system restore points.
Svend
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Defragger data follows in case it helps.
Volume 60_WinXP (C:):
Volume size = 6,793 MB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 4,663 MB
Free space = 2,129 MB
Percent free space = 31 %
Defragmentation method = Max Disk Performance
Fragmentation percentage
Volume fragmentation = 0 %
Data fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 44,872
Average file size = 151 KB
Total fragmented files = 0
Total excess fragments = 0
Average fragments per file = 1.00
Paging file fragmentation
Paging/Swap file size = 100 MB
Total fragments = 1
Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 3,660
Fragmented directories = 0
Excess directory fragments = 0
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 92,523 KB
MFT records In Use = 48,607
Percent MFT in use = 52 %
Total MFT fragments = 2
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Volume 60_DATA [39GB] (D:):
Volume size = 39,942 MB
Cluster size = 8 KB
Used space = 25,030 MB
Free space = 14,912 MB
Percent free space = 37 %
Fragmentation percentage
Volume fragmentation = 0 %
Data fragmentation = 0 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 58,992
Average file size = 507 KB
Total fragmented files = 0
Total excess fragments = 0
Average fragments per file = 1.00
Paging file fragmentation
Paging/Swap file size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0
Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 5,018
Fragmented directories = 0
Excess directory fragments = 0
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 125 MB
MFT records In Use = 64,032
Percent MFT in use = 49 %
Total MFT fragments = 2
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