rklaass Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 I'm running Windows 7 64 bit. I've been running the defragger for probably six months. For about three months it worked great. At some point my percentage of fragmentation started to increase. I'm up to 27% now when two weeks ago it was 10%. Now when I run it my fragmentation keeps getting worse. I analyzed my system with the Windows defragger it says I have 0%. I don't have a clue where I stand because I'm getting conflicting info. Any help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 Have you tried deleting some of your older Restore Points with CCleaner to lower the frag count? Windows defragger ignores Restore Points / Shadow Copies which may account for that 0% figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rklaass Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Sorry. I'm no expert and that's something I don't know about. How do I go about doing that? As a side note, I've ordered a new laptop so in a week I'll be transfering data from this laptop to my new one. I would like to keep the new "clean". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 How do I go about doing that? If you don't already have any version of CCleaner, download the lightweight slim build. Open CCleaner and click Tools > System Restore. Since you've not visited this page before I'll bet you're maxed out with Restore Points. Keep four or five of the most recent points, select the rest and click Remove. Run Defraggler again and you'll see a lower frag count. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rklaass Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 I've been using CCleaner longer than the defragger but have not done what you suggested. I checked it now and I only have two recent restore points. All after new year on Windows updates. Next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rklaass Posted January 9, 2011 Author Share Posted January 9, 2011 Also, while checking restore points I saw drive wipe so I wiped my free space and gained a couple of percent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted January 9, 2011 Share Posted January 9, 2011 It will help us if you can post a screen shot encompassing the three panels. Displaying an older one of mine for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rklaass Posted January 10, 2011 Author Share Posted January 10, 2011 I just did a three wipe pass which took it down to zero. At this point the wipes seemed to clean it up. Before the last wipe I had about fifty gig fragmented and after the three pass I went to Zero. So thanks for the help. I think you helped fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroozer Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I am happy for you. Others have posted that multiple defrags solved this issue. I do not understand why. A mystery. I will keep this solution in mind when assisting others with a similar issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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