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Reduced Disk Performance After SP1 WinXP

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by mmerritt

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After installing SP1 for WinXP Pro, I now get a message that states, "Some files on this volume could not be defragmented". I looked at the dfrag log for a list of what could not be defragmented and the list was blank. I noticed the performance of this hard drive has been reduced. When opening certain folders it now takes much longer to view the contents. I never experienced this problem prior to installing SP1. I have 2 physical hard drives in my computer C: & D: each having a single NTFS partition. My O/S & applications are installed on C: and D: is used only to store my personal files, documents, pictures, music, etc. Only my D: drive is having problems, C: is working fine.

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by dualinlinememorymodule

Solution support.microsoft.com there is a help topic under FAQ For After Installation Of SP1 For WINXP With NTFS however i would suggest that you should uninstall SP1 And install it on C: drive or the drive that contains windows because prior to theway the Sp1 works is it gathers the information via windows and create a folder in which contains the installation and files etc..... if installed to a different drive then what windows is on i would asume there would be a problem however if c: d: are different in one is FAT32 and one is NTFS there will be a huge problem prior to if you have installed winxp on FAT32 and the update of SP1 for winxp on the other because there completely different File System All Together one built on Network and the other on file allocation
'However installing this will resolve to reduced performace if small hard drive space however stating that you have NTFS you must have at least a 30-40 GB HDD if not you could not have NTFS however installing SP1 is a 135MB file which atibutes at over 300-500 MB on the file system HDD etc......

Try the above

If Not Try This

Uninstall and reinstall
or.......
system Restore
format
unpartion

If Its no big deal then just simply put up with it

Ohhhhhhhh and defrag cant move windows update folder that are not supposed to be moved for security and binary purposes.

Hope This Helps
Goodluck Brus!

by mmerritt

Your answer was somewhat usefull & slightly confusing to me. As stated in my original question, both drives have a single NTFS partition. C: is 20GB & D: is 60GB. Windows XP Professional and all Application are installed on the C: and the D: is usedonly used to store my personal files, ie. pictures, music, documents, zipped files, etc. Please see my additional comments above. I apprecieate any additional help you can provide!

by mmerritt

Point value changed by question poster.

And to be more specific, Can someone explain how to solve this minor annoyance without re-partitioning/formating the drive, if this is possible?

by borginva

Some ideas:
Have you deleted the install files SP1 put on? I have not really done it yet, but to test out the file to make sure it was not corrupted during download, I ran it and it install a directory on my D drive. Those files can be deleted. They do take up some MEGs.
Do you have any other defrag programs to try? Norton or Ontrack? If so, let that run a few times.
You ca also move some of your files to yourC drive (I am talking a few G or so) and give yourself plenty of space on D. Defragand see what happens. If you have no problems, put those files back and do it again. If you have problems, it is some kind of issue with the space on the drive.

by mmerritt

Helpfull information, thanks! How would I check the file for corruption after download? I also noticed when running setup that it created a temporary directory on my D: drive with a numeric name which the setup files were extracted to and was automatically removed after installation was completed. I have not tried Norton or Ontrack, but have used DiskeeperLite. I have tried moving directories and files on D: to C: which I was able to defragment and open with no problems. After moving everythingback to D: the problem returned. I will try your suggestion and see if Norton or Ontrack helps.

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