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HDD fragments after PartitionMagic 8

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by ak norm 2 views

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Used Partition Magic 8.0 to enlarge D: (5GB-W2K). Took space from C: (4.9GB W98 SE). PM8 installed & run on D: drive. PM8 aborted during execution (loose clusters). Partition sizes did not change.

D: showed as 53% fragmented afterwards. Ran Norton's Speed Disk, D: showed 86% fragmented! Neither Speed Disk nor MS Disk Defragmenter has any effect except to make it worse. All applications still function, but file access real slow. No problems on C: at all.

I have:
Run chkdsk /f Run Norton's WIN Dr. (autofix)
Run Norton's Disk Dr. (autofix)
Rerun MS DDefrag & Norton's Speed Disk.
(now 89% fragmented)
Speed Disk takes at least 10 hours to run

All suggestions welcome! :-)

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by fred07

Hi, and SAVE DATA, BACKUP NOW !!!!
No mater what get the data backed up now. You are getting into HD CRASH situation.
My suggestion is after backup, do a full format and reinstall all.
My first inclination is to actually { after backup to media } buy a new HD of the size you need.

by ak norm

Doing a full format is the last resort. This is a SONY laptop, and while I WANT a new HD, it's difficult to get one installed. I need a FIX for the problem first.

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