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#1 OFFLINE   thomrima

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Posted 19 June 2009 - 11:09 AM

Hello,
what does the percentage of defragmentation for a whole drive exactly mean?
Why stay this value greater 0 (i.g. 23% ) after a complete drive defragmentation.
This can't be all locked files from XP.
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Posted 19 June 2009 - 11:44 AM

When you analyze, what are the files that are still fragmented ? pagefile.sys, hiberfile.sys, files beginning with a $ (like $MFT), files located in C:\System Volume Information\ ?
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Posted 21 June 2009 - 08:39 AM

I think, I found the solution myself:
If the drive has not enogh free space, it is impossible to defragment large files.
I my case it was a 4GB USB stick that used 92 of its space.
Thanks for the answer