DrM1946

I've been out and unable to respond, but thanks. I ticked the "Stop VSS", "Restore Point" and "Hibernation Files" settings. There are no exclusions. I safe started to "C" prompt, defragged free space then "C:" drive. Rebooted normally. Analysis results: 18 fragmented files (57.5 mb), 139 Total fragments, 0% fragmentation. The fragmented files appear to be system volume information. There are several "rows" of free space between two groups of data. I'm thinking that may be normal. I appreciate your response. Thank you for the help. DrM

While in Windows Vista, the program kept stopping and did not defragment completely. It was also extremely slow. I then rebooted to safemode to "C" prompt and executed df.exe from the "C" prompt. I first degragged the drive without using any switch then a second degrag using the /large switch, then a third defrag with the /fsaf switch. Analysis still reports the following: Total fragments - 174; Fragmented Files Count - 24; Fragmentation - 54%. Unless I'm interpreting this analysis report wrongly it seems that even in view of the windows files being used for SafeMode, fragmentation should be less than 54% of the disk. Comments??