It says I have 20% fragmentation and not much I can do about it. I used Windows

I just defragmented my hdd. It says I have 20% fragmentation and not much I can do about it. I used Windows


Defragger. Is there another free defragger I should be using that could better help with my fragmentation problem?


I've included the test report, if that helps. By the way, I cannot delete the fragmented files. They are crucial


and I cannot even modify them. Is there another way to solve the fragmentation dilema?


Volume (C:)

Volume size = 27.95 GB

Cluster size = 4 KB

Used space = 22.50 GB

Free space = 5.45 GB

Percent free space = 19 %


Volume fragmentation

Total fragmentation = 20 %

File fragmentation = 41 %

Free space fragmentation = 0 %


File fragmentation

Total files = 33,714

Average file size = 789 KB

Total fragmented files = 18

Total excess fragments = 4,616

Average fragments per file = 1.13


Pagefile fragmentation

Pagefile size = 336 MB

Total fragments = 1


Folder fragmentation

Total folders = 2,375

Fragmented folders = 1

Excess folder fragments = 0


Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation

Total MFT size = 43 MB

MFT record count = 36,253

Percent MFT in use = 82 %

Total MFT fragments = 3


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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented

3 347 MB The following 9 files are current Bitcomet downloads.

6 350 MB

13 350 MB

4 350 MB

10 350 MB

8 350 MB

4 350 MB

5 636 MB

43 700 MB

3,607 1.15 GB The following 3 files are large archives I'm sharing on DC++

56 1.15 GB

859 1.24 GB

the question I have is, does it really matter? I would not worry about it.

A couple of questions:

When you say you can't delete or modify the fragmented files, do you mean that you don't want to (because they're important) or Windows won't let you?

Also, were the files actually in use while you were doing the defrag? I'm not sure if this would cause them to not be defragmented, but it may make a difference.

One thing that I've done occasionally when I have large files that won't defrag - if I have a big chunk of contiguous free space on the drive, I will try making a copy of the file, then deleting the original. If you're lucky the copy will go into the contiguous space and then you can defrag again to sort out the empty space left by deleting the original file.

ldldjr -> *ahem* defragging (properly, not with that useless windows defragger) makes quite a difference, not really noticible if you do it often, but if you have't defragged in a while, you'll notice the difference pretty quickly.


There's a number of free or trial version defrag programs out there. Check C/net (www.download.com) and just search for defrag. The one mentioned before runs rings around the windows one (but then again, most do), although it's not the one I use, it is good none the less.

It's not a good idea to have things running while you're defragging. Even MSN and petty little programs CAN affect it, even if it's just the ammount of time it takes, although smaller programs don't really matter that much, I'd still recommend letting it defrag by itself without running anything else.

I'd also get a good registry cleaner, were I you, also helps to add a little bit of extra performance, again check www.download.com


Hope that helps