randybell2

Use yellow, or some other unused color to denote clusters occupied by unmovable files like the hiberfil, the System Restore Points, etc. Granted the pagefile has its own color but for other unmovable files it is confusing when you put their occupied clusters in red - this is not real file fragmentation since the Operating System has locked these files so that their clusters cannot be moved. It is misleading to see all that 'red' in the disk map when it does not represent clusters that can be moved and made contiguous. Competing defragment utilities do not portray unmovable clusters as 'fragmented': I think they got it right and would love to see Piriform follow suit.

This is what {moderator edit} other popular defrag sofwares do - they IGNORE the immovable files in their Analysis. Since locked files, like System Restore Points in Vista and Win-7, cannot be processed - it makes sense to exclude these files from the Analysis. Otherwise, the Analysis Results are giving a skewed, misleading estimate of 'fragmentation': Only movable files can be defragmented - it is fragmentation with movable files that indicates true fragmentation of the file-system. I've used Piriform Defraggler for years - but have found the misleading report given by Defraggler's Analysis, to be unhelpful. Only in Windows XP is the System Restore area of the disk, able to be defragmented. In the higher versions of Windows, these files are locked by the Operating System. Reporting fragmentation of these files is misleading, since they cannot be moved while Windows is running. Thx for your kind attention, -- Randy