Re: Some files won't defragment
- From: "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 10:08:18 -0000
That is a lot of RAM
Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring Task Manager and select the Performance Tab. What is the Total, the Commit Charge and the Peak?
You managed to use a lot of disk space on a fairly large hard drive. Have you considered a partitioned second hard drive to archive or backup data files?
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"DrcAnjel" <DrcAnjel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D9A670EE-7466-4C2A-9E01-CE9B2DF8A2BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have 2 GB of RAM in my system. I guess the restore points were so large
because I removed about 9-13 GB of software and other files. Thanks for the
help.
"Gerry Cornell" wrote:
The files are not actually files they are folders, each being System
Restore point. They are all within your System Volume Information
folder. The contents remain hidden even when " Show Hidden Files" is
enabled to discourage users from deleting them. You can see the contents
if you follow the instructions in the Knowledge Base Article, which
follows:
How to Gain Access to the System Volume Information Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309531
There are two preferred ways to delete the contents of these folders (
or most of the contents as some files need to be retained ).
In certain specific circumstances one would delete all restore points by
turning System Restore off and then back on. This is desirable if there
has been a viral infection and restore points contain the virus. This is
achieved by right clicking your My Computer icon on the Desktop,
selecting Properties, System Restore, and checking the box before "Turn
off System Restore on all drives" and click on OK. To turn System
Restore back on you simply uncheck the box before "Turn off System
Restore on all drives" and click on OK. In normal situations System
Restore should only be monitoring the drive or partition containing your
Windows operating system files.
As part of routine maintenance you should use Disk CleanUp to remove
all but the latest restore points, except when the system is unable and
you might need older restore points to back to an earlier system set up.
Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More
Options, System Restore, OK, and OK. This is what you should do now.
Another aspect of System Restore to be mentioned is the default space
allocation of 12%. This is allocation is over generous given the size of
new hard drives today's. Reset it to 4% by dragging the slider to the
left. Right click your My Computer icon on the Desktop, selecting
Properties, System Restore, select Drive C and click on Settings.
You can read more about System Restore here: http://bertk.mvps.org/
When you have used Disk CleanUp and changed the System Restore
Allocation run Disk CleanUp to remove all Temporary Internet Files and
to empty the Recycle Bin. If you have more than one user logging on you
need to do it in each User Profile. You should then be in a position to
see Disk Defragmenter fully defragment your drive. I say fully
defragment but in reality the Defragmenter provided with Windows XP
leaves the Master File, Table, the Pagefile, some lesser files and free
space fragmented. You may need to run Disk Defragmenter twice or three
times to fully defragment your drive.
I do not agree with the comments by others that defragmenting system
restore point is unnecessary. It is true that a user will only ever need
to access a system restore point once, if ever ,but a fragmented system
restore point will increase fragmentation of other files because free
space will be more fragmented.
I notice that your pagefile is 768 mb. How much RAM memory do you have?
Your System Restore Points are large. Have you been making a lot of system changes?
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"DrcAnjel" <DrcAnjel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I should have been a bit clearer in my first post. When I attempt to
> defragment my hardrive, it gets to around 15-16% completed before
> giving me
> the message that some files cannot be defragmented and then > stopping.
> Now
> from the previous posts I'm assuming I can delete them, but I > cannot
> find
> them. I have the option set to show hidden files and folders. When > I
> use the
> search function, it is also set to search in hidden files and > folders.
> Any
> idea on how I can find and get rid of these files so I can defrag > the
> rest of
> my hardrive?
.
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