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analyze not matching current state after a defrag


redcandle

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using a laptop with windows 7 64-bit

 

If I defrag my drive and than analyze again the analyze is alot different than what it said the current state was after the defrag. Is this a bug or what?

 

current state after a defrag

 

1 fragmented files

6 fragments

26% fragmentation

 

 

analyze again right after and get

 

5 fragmented files

14 total fragments

29% fragmentation

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Have you tried excluding "System Volume Information" from the defrag?

 

You can't defrag these files as they're in use, and Windows is adding to them as a matter of course, probably through "Shadow Copy", which backups files which are moved or modified.

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Have you tried excluding "System Volume Information" from the defrag?

 

You can't defrag these files as they're in use, and Windows is adding to them as a matter of course, probably through "Shadow Copy", which backups files which are moved or modified.

I excluded the folder now I'll see what I got now.

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