Windows XP - Defrag utility "Basharat A. Javaid" <bjavaid[ at ]sbcglobal.net> 11/24/2008 5:59:05 AM My hard drive's before & after defragmenting pictures looks the same - which is terribly fragmented, with lots of red & green files and lots of white spaces between the blue & other files. What can I do to fully defrag the drive with the Windows' defragger? If that is not possible, is there a third party defragger which will do a better job? Basharat Javaid.

Re: Windows XP - Defrag utility "Shenan Stanley" <newshelper[ at ]gmail.com> 11/24/2008 6:13:02 AM Basharat A. Javaid wrote: [Quoted Text] > My hard drive's before & after defragmenting pictures looks the > same - which is terribly fragmented, with lots of red & green files > and lots of white spaces between the blue & other files. > > What can I do to fully defrag the drive with the Windows' > defragger? If that is not possible, is there a third party > defragger which will do a better job? You should be able to use the built in Windows Defragmentation utility (which is just a sliced-down version of a commercially available product.) However - if you want a freebie but a goodie... http://www.kessels.com/Jkdefrag/ -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: Windows XP - Defrag utility "Gerry" <gerry[ at ]nospam.com> 11/24/2008 10:15:42 AM Basharat I would be interested in seeing a Disk Defragmenter report . Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeD.txt in your My Documents Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it is more informative. Something to do which will improve performance. Select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Also select Start, All Programs, accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and remove all but the latest System Restore point. Run Disk Defragmenter. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Basharat A. Javaid wrote: [Quoted Text] > My hard drive's before & after defragmenting pictures looks the same > - which is terribly fragmented, with lots of red & green files and > lots of white spaces between the blue & other files. > > What can I do to fully defrag the drive with the Windows' defragger? > If that is not possible, is there a third party defragger which will > do a better job? > > > Basharat Javaid.

Re: Windows XP - Defrag utility "philo" <philo[ at ]privacy.net> 11/24/2008 11:00:24 AM "Basharat A. Javaid" <bjavaid[ at ]sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:e49h4mfTJHA.5268[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > My hard drive's before & after defragmenting pictures looks the same - which > is terribly fragmented, with lots of red & green files and lots of white > spaces between the blue & other files. > > What can I do to fully defrag the drive with the Windows' defragger? If > that is not possible, is there a third party defragger which will do a > better job? > > > Basharat Javaid. > > That's usually a case of not having enough free space on your drive