Re: Some files won't defragment

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I have thought about adding a second drive, but I want to upgrade my video
card and that will take the last plug on my power supply. I could uninstall
my floppy drive and just use a usb flash card to give me another plug for a
second drive.



"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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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?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >>
> >> Gerry
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> >>
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> >> "DrcAnjel" <DrcAnjel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:04D61848-AD1C-4793-B802-DF630A706AAB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >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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