I have an external hard drive for backup, connected by a USB cable. When I use Windows XP defragmenter to defragment it, it says that some files could not be defragmented, and there are still blocks of red on the graphic display (red means fragmented). Any idea why this is?
View 6 RepliesNow however, my hard drive seems to contain approx 13GB of data which I am unable to locate, even when viewing the "hidden files" option. I first noticed this increased used space when I wanted to defragment the hard drive and noticed that there was only 45% free space available (there is usually 75%).I have viewed the properties of all the folders on the C: drive and they do not add up to the 20GB shown on the C: drive properties...The defragment report states that "some files in the volume could not be defragmented"
I have some fragmented files that cannot be defragmented. Hibern I have two fragments.What can I do?
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256 MB: document and settingsAll usersApplication dataAOLStoragecashe.db
192 MB: RECYCLERSS-1-5-21-602162358-1957994488-854245398-1000DC2.DMP
61 MB: RECYCLERSS-1-5-21-602162358-1957994488-854245398-1000DM3.hdmp
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