Samalander Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Let me explain my setup: I have three HDDs but only the first one is really relevant. I partitioned the first HDD into three partitions, two large partitions with a small partition in between (all primary partitions). The first partition is mounted at C: and has the OS installed. (Windows XP) The second partition is 2x the amount of RAM I have and all (except 5MB) is a designated pagefile. (This guarantees a contiguous swapspace. Normally I would put it at the front of the drive but that can somehow cause boot problems with some versions of windows.) The third partition is mounted at C:\Programs\ When I install Programs I change the default install path from C:\Program Files\XXXX\ to C:\Programs\XXXX\ This ensures that: 1. my program files do not get intermingled on disk with my system files, 2. most anything installed without my consent (goes into C:\Program Files\ by default) is readily browse-able. 3. my program files are contiguous and programs installed by me are easily identifiable Anyway I like how it keeps things neat. However, when I run defraggler the 'Programs' mount does not appear as an option. If I defrag C:\ and then try to defrag C:\Programs using the Defrag Folder option, it appears to already be defragged. My question is, how does defraggler currently handle this and can I force a defrag on only one area at a time? (or would you implement a by-partition defrag) since defragging both areas at the same time slows down the drive. (Also I wouldn't want files moved from one partition to the other...) On a GUI note, more detail is shown when the viewing pane is expanded by dragging it down. How about adding a checkbox "Drive View in Maximum Resolution" where a scrollbar is added and the viewing pane is made tall enough to display the drive in full detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 I have the same problem. I have 5 drives mounted to 5 empty directories on my D drive. Defraggler does not see any of these. It simply sees 5 empty folders on the D drive which are by definition free of fragmentation. Your C:\Programs is simply an empty directory or folder and your mounted drive does not exist. If you have free drive letters (I don't as I use them as virtual drives loaded with virtual CDs) you can leave it mounted at C:\Programs whilst simultaneously allowing it a drive letter (H say) and Defraggler will see it as the H drive and defragment it as a separate drive. This will fix you until Defraggler is fixed. Microsoft in its description of mounted drives gives an example where a CD/DVD drive is mounted. Unfortunately if you do this I found that Autorun won't work and there are other problems with CD/DVD recognition so I went back to drive letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shabba Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Uff! First, I thought the problem, that Defraggler cannot handle as a folder mounted partitions, was never reported before. Now I see that this problem is known since 2008 (!!!). Until right now I cannot see that Defraggler has a solution for this OS feature. I have, like the two members before, hard drives, which were mounted in a empty folder. In Defraggler I can see the drive with the folder inside in which these drives are mounted but I cannot defrag this drives because Defraggler doesn't recognize the folders and files on the mounted hard drives. So the question is: How can I defrag drives mounted like this with Defraggler. By the way: O&O's defrag software CAN defrag such drives and shows them correctly for example like D:\MyFiles\MountedFolder\DriveOne !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted December 3, 2012 Moderators Share Posted December 3, 2012 Shabba, please stop posting in ancient topics. It's pointless responding to topics relating to four-year-old releases. If you have anything to say open a new topic. I have removed your two other posts which really added nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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