Rodster Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Hi all, I have two stubborn fragments in my MFT (Windows 8.1 Pro) I want to consolidate into one fragment. I have 2 questions. 1) Does Defraggler handle this? 2) Are two MFT fragments bad for system performance (Gaming Rig). TIA ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eL_PuSHeR Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 1) No. Windows defragmenting API (which Defraggler uses) doesn't allow to defragment MFT. 2) I think a fragmented MFT doesn't matter anymore for current NTFS implementation. Two fragments are nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators mta Posted October 25, 2015 Moderators Share Posted October 25, 2015 A $MFT that has 2 fragments is nothing to worry about. Not only would making that file into one contiguous block literally have no performance benefit, the chances of it getting fragmented again would be very high. Backup now & backup often.It's your digital life - protect it with a backup.Three things are certain; Birth, Death and loss of data. You control the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodster Posted October 25, 2015 Author Share Posted October 25, 2015 Thanks for the replies. Defl\raggler did attempt to defrag the MFT and it jumped from 2 fragments to 5. I was able to bring it back down to 2 fragments by running defrag c: -w -v from the command prompt. I guess there's no need to worry about 2 fragments then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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