[Defraggler, 13% fragmentation remains!]

I think the problem here is the fact that Defraggler can't find enough contiguous free space to defrag your big files.

 

Please do the following :

• Move all your big files (i.e. > 1GB) on an external disk
• Defrag free space allowing fragmentation
• Do a normal defrag
• Move your big files back
• In Defraggler's Options, in the Defrag tab, check the "Move large files to end of drive" checkbox, and select 1024 as the limit.
• Defrag again.

The last two steps are here to make sure those big, rarely used files (you don't watch all your movies everyday) will not slow your computer down since hard drives are faster at the beginning

 

Thanks.. I will go and try that.. Should I do all of the defragging while in safe mode?

 

I will let you know how it turns out.

[Defraggler, 13% fragmentation remains!]

Did you also do a normal defrag (in safe mode too) ?

 

If it doesn't defrag everything... do you have a USB flash drive, SD card, external disk, or other storage device with free space on it ?

 

I only did the complete defrag in the normal mode.. I decided to start over and see what happens.. My computer is in the process at the moment.. Also what do you mean do I have a USB Flash Drive or external disk with free space on it? I don't have one connected to the computer at this time, but I do have some available.. What do you want me to do with those?

 

Ok... I will stop the process and restart the computer in safe mode and do a total defrag from there... This will take awhile ... 24 hours or so... since my drive is big.. But I will check for your posts..

[Defraggler, 13% fragmentation remains!]

Please do the following :

• Hit Windows key + Pause/Break key on your keyboard.
• Choose "Advanced system settings"
• Click the button in the "Performance" category
• In the "Advanced" tab, click the "Change" button
• Select "No paging file"
• Click the "Set" button, and click OK
• Reboot
• Go back to the dialog you just quit, and chose "Custom size"
• For both the "Initial size" and "Maximum size", type 1024
• Click the "Set" button, and click OK
• Reboot

That will defrag the pagefile.

 

Then :

• In the Control Panel, select Power Options
• In the Hibernate tab, uncheck the Enable Hibernation checkbox.
• Reboot
• If you are using a laptop or netbook, enable it again by checking the checkbox mentionned above and rebooting

That will defrag/delete the hiberfile.

 

Then

• Boot in Safe Mode, in the Administrator account : http://pcsupport.about.com/od/fixtheproblem/ss/safemodexp.htm .
• Open Defraggler
• Defrag Free space (Action >> Advanced >> Defrag Freespace (allow fragmentation) )
• Defrag the drive.

That should defrag the rest of the files.

Hi I tried what you said but it actually made things worse.. I started with 31% fragmented and now I have 35%.. What am I doing wrong??

 

I first removed the paging then the hibernation and finally restarted in safe mode and defragged the free space.. Is that what I should have done?

 

Still frustrated..

[Defraggler, 13% fragmentation remains!]

Please do the following :

• Analyze your drive
• Select all files in the File List tab, and click "Defrag Checked"
• Analyze again
• Post a screenshot of the File List tab after that.

 

Ok, here is my screen shot

[Defraggler, 13% fragmentation remains!]

Hi, I am having a similar problems but mine is saying 31% fragmentation. I have noticed a few things. I have some video files that are pretty large over 2 or 3 gigs each and I also noticed that I have my hard drive set to compression mode. Would either of these situations cause my drive to still have 31% fragmentation? Can you tell me what I should do to help with this situation?

 

Thanks