Re: defrag & C:WINDOWS/0
From: Gerry Cornell (gcjc_at_btinternet.com)
Date: 01/20/05
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Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:26:25 -0000
Steph
Look at System Restore on the More Options tab of the Disk CleanUp
utility. That will create more free space, which is what you need.
-- ~~~~~~ Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FCA Stourport, Worcs, England Enquire, plan and execute. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please tell the newsgroup how any suggested solution worked for you. http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Steph." <Steph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:43C992E9-B3E7-4672-97D9-00E9F9BE92EB@microsoft.com... > All you mention is good practice. > Before I defrag, I always run disk cleanup, then go in manually to > remove > theother undisired files. I di not however compacted my mail folders. > > Ihave been trying several times since yesterday to defragment my c > drive. > All other drives work fine, bu when I started yesterday, I think I had > 35% > free space left on the C partition, and after several attemps, I am > left with > an critically low space. > > All software works fine, so I don't think defrag is dropping a halph > processed file here and there, but it has to be creating some > umonguest log, > hence to progressivelly dimineshing free space. > > But from there, I donno what else to try. > > /*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/ > > "Gerry Cornell" wrote: > >> Run Disk Cleanup. Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk >> Cleanup with >> Temporary Internet Files, Offline Web Pages (optional), System >> Restore >> ( more Options tab ) >> and Recycle Bin selected for deletion. If you have more than one >> drive / >> partition you may >> need to do this operation for each drive / partition. Then run Disk >> Defragmenter. >> >> The amount of free space is very important when running Disk >> Defragmenter. A >> minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the >> drive / >> partition >> contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a >> second >> and third >> time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put >> files more prone to >> fragment in their own partitions. >> >> If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express >> before >> running >> Disk Defragmenter is helpful. >> >> Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a >> fragmented file is >> larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files >> is >> not fragmented. >> Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files >> around >> and can >> reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. >> The >> more free >> space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all >> fragments >> will be >> eliminated. >> >> Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk >> Defragmenter. >> Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is >> in >> use whilst >> Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting >> Utilities e.g. >> Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space. >> Another option is to >> place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is >> best >> located as the first >> partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file >> at >> the original >> location. >> http://www.raxco.com/ >> >> ~~~~~~ >> >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Gerry >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> FCA >> >> Stourport, Worcs, England >> Enquire, plan and execute. >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> "Steph." <Steph@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:E1A34683-59A9-4B24-B340-BAA69925A3B8@microsoft.com... >> >I tried defragmenting (in safe mode) my C drive (a few times) and I >> >am >> >left >> > with 21% still fragmented. >> > The report showed that files c:windows/0 had over 800 files that >> > could >> > not >> > be defragmented and file c:windows/4 had over 400 files >> > >> > When I rebooted, I was warned that I was critically low on space. >> > My >> > "C" >> > partition is 16 Gig and it only contains Windows XP sp2 and some >> > safety >> > software such as antivirus, antispyware and firewall. >> > >> > When I look in Explorer, I find the following strange files: >> > C:WINDOWS/0 1 375 440 System file >> > C:WINDOWS/4 1 375 440 System file >> > C:WINDOWS/6 1 375 440 System file >> > C:WINDOWS/8 1 375 440 System file >> > C:WINDOWS/9 1 375 440 System file >> > >> > I also had this critically low space problem a few months ago and >> > the >> > problem was the System Volume Information that was full due to the >> > System >> > Restore not functionning. >> > >> > Unfortunetly, I do not remember how I had cleared the System Volume >> > Information file and my System Retore has never worked since I >> > reformated >> > back in September. >> > >> > Any help? >> > >> > Stephane >> >>
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