Windows Defrag only reduced fragmentation from 67% to 66% - TechRepublic
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July 2, 2008 at 02:39 PM
nappyjim

Windows Defrag only reduced fragmentation from 67% to 66%

by nappyjim . Updated 18 years ago

Can anyone enlighten me as to why Windows Defrag only got fragmentation down from 67% to 66%? Will running it multiple times bring it down more?

Heres is the log that was generated:

Windows Disk Defragmenter
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Analysis Report

Volume size = 127 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 67.46 GB
Free space = 59.97 GB
Percent free space = 47 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 33 %
File fragmentation = 67 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 61,450
Average file size = 1 MB
Total fragmented files = 332
Total excess fragments = 26,226
Average fragments per file = 1.42

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 3.00 GB
Total fragments = 16

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 3,511
Fragmented folders = 2
Excess folder fragments = 5

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 137 MB
MFT record count = 66,907
Percent MFT in use = 47
Total MFT fragments = 3

Defragmentation Report

Volume size = 127 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 65.57 GB
Free space = 61.86 GB
Percent free space = 48 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 33 %
File fragmentation = 66 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 61,450
Average file size = 1 MB
Total fragmented files = 8
Total excess fragments = 3,831
Average fragments per file = 1.06

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 3.00 GB
Total fragments = 16

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 3,511
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 137 MB
MFT record count = 66,907
Percent MFT in use = 47
Total MFT fragments = 3

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