Bulwark

What gives? I was defragging yesterday, and had to stop in the middle of "Defragging Freespace" whatever that means. Before restarting, I ran the Analysis feature, getting a list of all fragmented files. Lo and behold! Several files were listed as fragmented, all beginning with "Audacity...." What the hell? I've never accessed those files, to my knowlege. Why have they been fragmented? If they truly needed to be moved, and I say IF, why weren't they moved as a whole? I certainly think Defraggler should not create more work for itself. As an aside: does Defraggler allow multiple instances to run? Self-defeating, again....

I've used Windows Defrag, of course, but noticed it does not compact the free space between chunks in the display window. In fact, it creates more gaps than it closes, sometimes, during the defragging process. Norton Speedisk, on the other hand, carefully maps out the desired optimum disk layout, and squeezes everything together in an optimum position for max disk access speed. Defraggler appears to be somewhere between the two in sophistication. It defragments the files, and apparently tries to consolidate free space, but what is its objective in "defragging freespace?" And why does that take so bloody long, compared to defragging the files? Does anyone know, or care to present. the defragging algorithm(s) of Defraggler? Thanks!