I am trying to defragment my hard drive /C/, but does about 14% and then it stops saying : Can not defrag 456 fragments / 46,46 gigs / file name EVREM. Did complete antivirus check-up, no virus found / Avast /.
View 14 RepliesIn the past, I didn't have to defrag for about a month or two, now, I have to defrag every second day. I usually run the 'analyze' feature first before I defrag, if it says so. Is defragging every 2 days too often? Why is that happening and could it be corrected if it is exessive? I'm using Win XP.
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The log gives the following errors. I also had used ccleaner and all kinds of reg cleaners prior to use
I recently took the advice of a friend & purchased Disk Keeper 10 Pro Premier. So, I've now used it twice since getting it & today after defragging my drive I notice this warning in the 'Job Report' after defragmentation;
Health
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Warning!
The overall health of volume C: is degraded
The overall health is at "Warning" level for the following
reasons:
1. The MFT usage was currently 85 percent of the total MFT
size, which indicates it is likely the MFT will become
fragmented.
I've read the help files othat came with the program & ran a 'Boot-Time Defragmentation' for the MFT - everything seems to have ran smoothly, except now after that process & another regular defrag the report states that the MFT usuage is currently 86%, now from my understanding (which is very little) shouldn't the percentage decrease after running this process?
Would you guys recommend me to defrag my computer (XP) once in a while?Or is it as harmful as using registry-cleaners?
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