[WHY ?]

Dennis.

 

I am very cognizant to my screen when I use Piriform deflaggler.

Have used it now for the past 3 years or more; and do a defrag monthly or more as needed ... IMO that is.

 

NEVER has there been double rows of little purple boxes ... NEVER ... as there is now!!! Until recently.

Had previously notice a small 2 box of purple, but not the large numbers as there is now. Have not counted, but likely approaching 100 ... rather than 2.

 

So something has changed ... and it concerns me.

True ... maybe they are harmless, but once again, WHY were they not there from the very beginning ??????

 

 

 

Hi doonboggle, and welcome to Piriform.

 

The MFT, or "Master File Table" is an essential part of any drive, and you can't get rid of it.

 

Here's a description of what it is exactly.

 

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/archMFT-c.html

 

Maybe you just didn't notice it before, or another defrag program you used didn't have a drive map, but Windows couldn't find files on a drive without it.

[WHY ?]

Do you have XP? On my Vista system the MFT is only one square but on my mom's XP it's a whole line, but hers has always been that way so I don't know. I just assumed the different operating systems displayed differently. I'll be interested to hear what others say about it.

 

Edit: Just had a thought. Did you recently update to a different service pack, that might cause it to display differently, but it's just a guess.

 

 

Yes have XP w/sp3. No to different sp. Was merely running Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. It failed to do my job I wanted done, and just sat there and spun over and over until I figured something was going on and exited the program. Last time h/d was reformatted ... about 1 year ago ... have not had this show up, and have done about 15-20 defrags in that time frame; usely with Piriform product.

[WHY ?]

Why, after several years of using Defraggler, suddenly a super large 'MFT' file shows up in my view window ... and cannot get rid of it, no matter what???????

It has NEVER been there before !!!

 

The operating files are still there, as they have been for some time now, and this so-called MFT file near the bottom ... taking up a large amount of my 'free' boxes.

 

I don't want it there! How do I get rid of it???

 

Thanks