Davero1961 Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 I would like to know why Defraggler decreases my harddrive free space. I had over 500 GB of free spce prior to running Defraggler and now have over 100 GB less free space. It is also plcing the files all over the harrdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted July 17, 2023 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2023 Which options are you using in Defraggler? In particular are you running 'Defrag Freespace' rather than 'Defrag Freespace (allow fragmentation)'. Can you attach a screenshot? That usually gives us a better clue to what is happening. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davero1961 Posted July 17, 2023 Author Share Posted July 17, 2023 All that I saw listed as options were "Quick Defrag" and "Defrag". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted July 17, 2023 Moderators Share Posted July 17, 2023 1 hour ago, Davero1961 said: All that I saw listed as options were "Quick Defrag" and "Defrag". And so what did you do? It helps if you tell us as much as you can at once about what you did and what happened. Things can/will take a longer if we have to ask one question at a time. So as well as what you did and what happened: What Windows version are you using? You say you had 500GB free space, what size is the drive? I assume that it is a HDD and not a SSD? *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy2 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Did you turn on "Windows System Restore" ? That will then trigger Windows to make a new System Restore Point (SRP) when Defraggler is running. You can check it with a program WIZTREE (from Antibody Software). See how large the folder "system volume information" is. You can delete one or more of those SRPs with Piriform's CCleaner. One other possibility is to turn off "System Restore" and then turn it on again. System setup: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/gcNzIPEjEb0B2khOOBVCHPc A discussion always stimulates the braincells !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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