Fragmented files

[John A. Hockey]

I am trying to figure our how to lower the percentage of fragmented files on my hard-drive. Ironically, I do not remember having such difficulty on earlier operating systems; however, I am running Vista and cannot seem to get it lower than 45%. What am I doing wrong?

[Aethec]

Enable system files/folders view in Windows Explorer's Folder Options, and then add C:\System Volume Information\ to Defraggler's Exclude list. Vista/7 have much bigger System Restore Points, and they can't be defragmented.

[redhawk]

You cannot reduce or stop file fragmentation this happens to all file systems when you delete and create new files.

I wouldn't worry too much about it only if you're experiencing performance issues relating to file access.

 

Richard S.

[Anguskirk]

I've been getting this since I upgraded to Windows 7 in June - Defraggler showing the same percentage fragmentation (up to 18%) before and after running, although the file list claims otherwise. Excluding System Volume Information has made no difference.

 

redhawk - that's not the point. How can you tell when your drive needs defragmenting if the figure Defraggler reports doesn’t change? This is a bug and unless Piriform sorts it out soon I'll be looking for another defragmenter.