49% fragments?

[konstantin]

ok so i scanned my pc today and it says 49% fragmentation and 18.4 gb of fragmented files, i tried to deag without any luck, i have a pretty small harddrive(37.3gb) and it says "you have less then 10% of real free space so dfrag will be limited and possibley slow, defrag anyway? what should i do?

[kroozer]

You can do any or all: (1) delete unnecessary files, (2) transfer personal files to optical disks and flash drives, (3) leave the disk fragmented. If you follow option 2 you can return those files to the hard drive after a successful defrag.

Most defraggers would consider 10% free space too little - 15% a bare minimum. When it comes to defragging, the more free space you have the smoother the defrag.

[redhawk]

There are lots of places where Windows tends to store files you may not need and fill up you hard drive.

 

- Clear Internet Explorer's "Temporary Internet Files"

- Turn Off System Restore, Turn On System Restore (do this only of your machine is running okay and no need to roll back)

- open "%userprofile%\Local Settings\Temp" and bin all the files (one or two files maybe locked which is normal)

 

alternatively you could run CCleaner

 

Richard S.

[Ramzy]

Download CCleaner, run it, then head on over to Tools > System Restore.

 

Get rid of your older restore points, or turn system restore off completely via control panel > system. They tend to eat up a lot of space and create large fragments.

[Aethec]

But having fragmented System Restore Points is usually better than having no System Restore Points.

Unless your disk is nearly full, you should leave System Restore on.

Simply exclude all C:\System Volume Information\ files in Defraggler (you'll need to enable view of system files/folders in Windows Explorer to view this folder)