XP Defrag Always Says You Should Defrag This Volume

P.S. After posting this I just used PageDefrag and now it's not complaining, so what's the deal with that? Hmmm


I installed for someone a 1TB Seagate hard drive and split it into 2 partitions. 250G for C and the rest for D.

After I do a defrag and click the Analyze, it keeps popping up saying I should defrag the volume.

Here's what the report says:

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Volume (C:)
    Volume size                                = 254 GB
    Cluster size                               = 4 KB
    Used space                                 = 3.94 GB
    Free space                                 = 250 GB
    Percent free space                         = 98 %

Volume fragmentation
    Total fragmentation                        = 27 %
    File fragmentation                         = 55 %
    Free space fragmentation                   = 0 %

File fragmentation
    Total files                                = 12,921
    Average file size                          = 344 KB
    Total fragmented files                     = 39
    Total excess fragments                     = 272
    Average fragments per file                 = 1.02

Pagefile fragmentation
    Pagefile size                              = 2.00 GB
    Total fragments                            = 2

Folder fragmentation
    Total folders                              = 1,020
    Fragmented folders                         = 1
    Excess folder fragments                    = 1

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
    Total MFT size                             = 14 MB
    MFT record count                           = 13,962
    Percent MFT in use                         = 98 %
    Total MFT fragments                        = 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments       File Size       Most fragmented files
173             42 MB           \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\TEMP\avguard.tmp
32              1 KB            \WINDOWS\system32\config\system.LOG
10              362 KB          \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\_CACHE_001_
9               264 KB          \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\_CACHE_002_
7               453 KB          \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\_CACHE_003_
4               1 KB            \WINDOWS\system32\config\default.LOG
4               43 KB           \WINDOWS\system32\nvapps.xml
4               16 KB           \WINDOWS\system32\config\software.LOG
4               1 KB            \Documents and Settings\Dale\ntuser.dat.LOG
3               115 KB          \Documents and Settings\Dale\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\sessionstore.js
3               56 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\7F215D56d01
3               50 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\05908F7Bd01
3               1 KB            \Documents and Settings\LocalService\ntuser.dat.LOG
2               16 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\E7C5F7B4d01
2               55 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\7ADDD81Ad01
2               25 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\6545D132d01
2               29 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\8B48E29Dd01
2               31 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\6876FAF6d01
2               28 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\B34DED80d01
2               37 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\F9123AAAd01
2               25 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\94F10120d01
2               32 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\6BC31B94d01
2               1 MB            \WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\tmp.edb
2               71 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\BB993351d01
2               36 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\AA0B7E7Cd01
2               18 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\B3B9E8DAd01
2               31 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\145F23DCd01
2               24 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\0D9DE744d01
2               35 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\D3562319d01
2               35 KB           \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\f1oum935.default\Cache\90104679d01

THANKS

 

It was recommending a defrag of C:\ because it detected a high percentage of volume and file fragmention, I'd imagine-- 27% and 55%, respectively. Those are high numbers.

Why it detected it as being that high after you'd already just done a defrag, I couldn't tell you.

 

As I said I ran PageDefrag, now it's not complaining...

Now this is the report after running PageDefrag:

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Volume (C:)
    Volume size                                = 254 GB
    Cluster size                               = 4 KB
    Used space                                 = 3.94 GB
    Free space                                 = 250 GB
    Percent free space                         = 98 %

Volume fragmentation
    Total fragmentation                        = 2 %
    File fragmentation                         = 4 %
    Free space fragmentation                   = 0 %

File fragmentation
    Total files                                = 12,899
    Average file size                          = 345 KB
    Total fragmented files                     = 9
    Total excess fragments                     = 195
    Average fragments per file                 = 1.01

Pagefile fragmentation
    Pagefile size                              = 2.00 GB
    Total fragments                            = 1

Folder fragmentation
    Total folders                              = 1,021
    Fragmented folders                         = 1
    Excess folder fragments                    = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
    Total MFT size                             = 14 MB
    MFT record count                           = 13,941
    Percent MFT in use                         = 98 %
    Total MFT fragments                        = 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments       File Size       Most fragmented files
174             42 MB           \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\TEMP\avguard.tmp
13              1 KB            \Documents and Settings\Dale\ntuser.dat.LOG
4               43 KB           \WINDOWS\system32\nvapps.xml
3               1 KB            \WINDOWS\system32\config\SAM.LOG
2               45 KB           \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Avira\AntiVir Desktop\LOGFILES\avguard.log
2               1 MB            \WINDOWS\system32\CatRoot2\tmp.edb
2               1 KB            \WINDOWS\system32\config\default.LOG
2               1 KB            \Documents and Settings\LocalService\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG
2               1 KB            \Documents and Settings\Dale\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows\UsrClass.dat.LOG

 

Since you defragged with PageDefrag the 'pagefile.sys' - that had two fragments - file fragmentation is 4%, instead 55%. With the newest low fragmentation level there aren't reason to complain...