Re: Defragmentation of BackUp files

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I agree. The trivial yet annoying wierdness just creeps into the OS over
time. Nothing like a fresh clean install.



"PaulFXH" wrote:


Callmark1 escreveu:

1:47 AM 6/18/2006

You might try wearing a tin foil hat while de-fragging:
http://www.zenapolae.com/files/images/38741502_l.jpg

Other than that I am stumped. I guess I would tend to trust the text data
before the GUI since the GUI representation is "built" from the data and not
vice versa. If it is presenting sleepless nights for you, you could perhaps
uninstall Diskeeper and see if the XP de-frag comes up with the same result.

I'm planning a clean-install of WinXP before the end of this month. The
last time I did this, a very significant numbers of unexplained
peculiarities which had crept into my machine just dissappeared.
I would be almost prepared to bet that this particular strangeness will
too.
Failing that, there's always the tin hat option.
Paul


Mark


"PaulFXH" wrote:


Don MI <> escreveu:

Paul

I can only guess. You may want to review the Diskeeper Support FAQ as there
are some comments about Diskeeper stopping defrag when disk condition is
optimum vice defragging all files.

In my configuration, Safe Mode with Networking allows internet access. Don't
know if yours will also.

Don, I tried Diskeeper in Safe Mode with Networking and it didn't work
there either.. It doesn't seem to be an internet related issue.


Still, I would not worry about under 10% fragmentation. Perfect defrag is
neither needed nor if you achieve perfect defrag will it long remain so. If
I recall correctly, early versions of Norton had a 25% default for
recommending a defrag.

My concern is totally based on the fact that the preponderance of a Red
color in the depiction of the files/folders both BEFORE and AFTER
defragging is not consistent with the reported low numbers of remaining
file fragments.
This DID NOT happen before I backed up the music files.
Is this an unprecedented occurrence?
Paul

Don

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Don MI <> escreveu:



Likely Diskeeper Lite, like Windows XP Defragmenter, is not defragging
files
that are in use when you run the programs. Some per-cent of fragments
files
is not a problem. In My Computer, right click on your drive and select
Properties and than the Tools tab. Click on Defragment and select your
drive. At the bottom, click on the Analyze Button. IMO, if the Analyze
report is that you do not need to defrag, then do not worry about the
fragmented files.

Thanks for your reply, Don
My concern is not so much the % fragmented files, which is never more
than 10%, but the amount of RED (indicative of fragmentation) which
shows up in the diskeeper analysis chart. This ONLY happened AFTER I
backed up 30GB of music files from an external HDD to my system disk.
Now, these back-up files CANNOT be in use during the defrag. So that's
not the explanation.
I should mention that I am not at all facing a major disaster here but
would like to know if anybody else has had a similar experience with a
large back-up file folder causing strange behaviour of the defrag tool.


If you still want to worry, boot to Safe Mode where fewer files are in
use.
Run your Diskeeper Lite programs in Safe Mode.

Diskeeper Lite won't run from safe Mode on my computer saying it cannot
connect to the Diskeeper Service. As Diskeeper has taken the place of
the WinXP defragger, I cannot do any degfragging from Safe Mode.

Paul

Don





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