Re: Managing XP system space for the MFT

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 08/14/04 

Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 03:26:12 -0500

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Kelly
Microsoft-MVP Windows® XP
2004 Windows MVP "Winny" Award
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"Svend Cr" <nomail@mail.com> wrote in message 
news:95455AD90FC0A471AE@127.0.0.1...
> 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.
>
> -----
>
> 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
>
>
>
> ===========================================================
> 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
>
> -----
>
> 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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