Re: Reserved Files and Defragmentation
From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/10/04
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Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 22:49:05 GMT
Andrew;
Have a look here:
Files That You Cannot Defragment
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_ldtg.asp
PageDefrag
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/pagedefrag.shtml
-- Hope this helps. Let us know. Wes In news:VA.00000033.01065d64@btinternet.com, Andrew Borland <newsmonger@btinternet.com> hunted and pecked: > Help, > > I'm trying to get a grip on defragmentation issues for my NTFS > formatted C:\ Drive under windows XP-Pro SP1. This is still a > development installation so dangerous experiments are permitted. > > I have installed the demo versions of both Disk Keeper 8 and Perfect > Disk 4 for evaluation. > > In each tool, there appear to be a number of "system files" scattered > about on the disk which the tool is unable/unwilling to move, along > with a huge chunk on each disk labelled "reserved/mft". These combine > to greatly reduce the amount of contiguous free space - thus > preventing optimisation of the pagefile.sys and/or hiberfil.sys files. > > Partition is 16G, Pagefile is 4G and Hiberfil is 2G. 8G is free. > RAM is 2G. > > I have managed to achieve a degree of defragmentation by disabling > virtual memory and hibernation and then deleting and recreating the > associated monster files, but this isn't something I would want to do > more than once. Even then, I still failed to achieve a truly > contiguous result on account of those unmovable bits. > > Is there a recognised bible (novice level) on how XP manages its > disks, and how best to build a system with good solid contiguous > monster files? > > How would the experts here suggest that I tackle the problem? I can't > believe I'm the first to go down this road, but I don't see anything > much in the archives. > > Historical note. Under windows 98 I use Norton SpeedDisk which > appears to be able and willing to move smaller files (even if not > fragmented) to one end of a partition to lave a large contiguous > space at the other end into which it packs the swapfile. Finally the > disk was left with no gaps between files. Are there good technical > reasons why this cannot be done under NTFS? > > Regards, Andrew Borland (UK)
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