Hello,
(Updated - I may have found the answer, skip to bottom of this post)
I have 3 hard drives on my Windows 7 Ultimate computer.
The drive in question has 4 partitions and is used for storing disk images and other backups including sometimes files larger than 4 GB
As far as I know, there are no protected or system files on this drive other than the file allocation table and indexes.
In every defragger I have tried, the GUI display shows fragments and free space scattered all over the drive. Hundreds and hundred of bits and pieces of free space and files. Visually, it's a mess.
However, not one of the defraggers I have tried, including Defraggler seems to be able to clean up this disk and eliminate all those gaps and files strewn about the drive.
I do realize that it may not enhance performance to fouther attempt to defrag the drive, but I simply "want" contiguous files and contiguous freespace.
I have tried drfragging Freespace (without the allow fragments option) several times and it doesn't appear to do anything to the freespace.
What could I be doing wrong or am I expecting too much?
Is the very best way to acheive a truly "contiguous" drive involve copying ALL the files off the drive then copying them back to the drive?
Thanks
Update
It may have been settings under Options that I need to change. I have made those changes and am trying again.
Will report back after it's done.
