Aborted defragging

[samseth]

Where does defragger keep data that it copies temporariliy to paste as it moves data around?

1. I had to pause while running defragger and then my computer hung up so I aborted the same - including having to power off the machine using the on/off switch as it hung up.
    
   
2. Although I have since completed running defragger and things are running ok, it looks like the used space on the hard drive has increased a lot (It has gone from ~ 55% used to 80% used on a 455 GB drive during defragging)
    
   
3. No other work was done while defragger was running ( had disconnected from the network; have since run cc cleaner).
   

I think maybe some data was being copied when I paused/aborted and that is still lying somewhere on my hard drive. When the operation was aborted, I suspect it went from being 'something being moved' to 'actual data'.

 

How can I find an delete the same.

 

Thanks in anticipation for your feedback.

[samseth]

Problem solved: answer was online already for vista.

 

Windows Vista and volume shadow copies

 

The System Restore process in Windows Vista regularly creates volume shadow copies, which are essentially snapshots of system activity stored on the hard drive.

Volume shadow copies are automatically deleted when:

• The number of shadow copies for a volume exceeds 64.
  
• The amount of disk space allocated to shadow copies is used up.
  

When either of these conditions happen, the oldest shadow volume copy is deleted.

There is a known issue with volume shadow copies and third-party defragmentation tools such as Defraggler. If there isn't enough room set aside on the hard drive for the volume shadow copies, the defrag process can cause one or more of them to be deleted.

You can delete volume shadow copies manually to free up space and prevent this problem from occurring.

To delete volume shadow copies manually:

1. Start the Disk Cleanup program (typically located in the Accessories folder).
   
2. Select the drive where the shadow volume copies are located (typically, the drive where Windows Vista is installed), and click OK.
   
3. On the More options tab, in the System Restore and Shadow Copies section, click Clean Up.
   
4. Disk Cleanup prompts you to confirm the action. Click Delete.
   

[Nergal]

Samseth, If you follow the link that I posted at your other post you can skip doing all that in further defrags

http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=35459

glad you got it figured out though

[Super Fast]

As this seems to be a common complaint, I don't see why Defraggler doesn't set restore & hiber to exclude by default.

 

Was thinking that this would reduce reports like this.

 

But glad you got it fixed!

[thread]

I have the same problem on the October version (Latest)

 

The version before the works fine

 

I even unchecked large files on the new does not work so i decided use the old since that one is currently stable.