[Advice sought: incomplete defragmentation...?]

I have the same problem. I have had a look, and the red is "System Volume Information".

 

Also, i have been defragging for over 4 hours - its only done 59%! It only used to take 30mins at the most.

 

R

[Defraggler suggestions]

I'm not sure whether this has been mentioned or not, but how about a Boot File Defragmentation? So it reorganises the boot files to potentially boot your PC up faster.

 

R

[Leaves System Volume Information]

Some of those files may be unmovable.

 

Ahh, that explains that.

 

I would advise turning System Restore back on. It is too valuable to you. System Restore is much better on Vista than XP.

 

I'd rather have the space i think, if push comes to shove, i'll just do a reformat - i do this every 2-3months anyway

 

R

[Leaves System Volume Information]

Thanks for the info.

 

I have just turned off System Restore, gained about 15-20GB and my "Fragmented" files have gone. I have no fragmented files on my HDD

 

However, defraggler seems to leave a few files dotted around the HDD and not placing it with the bulk of the data.

 

R

[Leaves System Volume Information]

Every time i finish defragging, i always have fragmented files which mounts over 10GB's. After analysing for the second time, the fragmented files always seem to be "System Volume Information". This seems to appear 3 times on the same list, all with different sizes just like this:

 

 

{88c7f275-bfac-11dd-9bc2-0019b965804e}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}	15	6492520448	C:\System Volume Information\{c7f3d6-bfac-11dd-9bc2-0019b965804e}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}	6	5804654592	C:\System Volume Information\{d6d8cd58-bff5-11dd-9829-0019b965804e}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}	5	2202009600	C:\System Volume Information\

 

 

 

 

Just a little bug? It also shows the majority of my drive being fragmented, probably due to this.

 

I'm running Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit.

 

R