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diskkeeper lite wont defragment

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by rgajjar

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Hi Guys

Hope someone can help me out.

I am trying to defrag a badly fragmented hard drive on my nt 4.0 server using diskkeeper lite. However it never completes, it produces an error saying there are files that cant be defragmented, I cant see why it wouldnt complete the task.

Any ideas?

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by elomis

There are some files on any hardrive that simply won't move in a defragmentation no matter what you do.
The windows swapfile won't ever move, and there are a few other system files that just bauk at being shifted.
You have a couple of options.

1) Software :- Get a copy of some Norton software for defragging, it is MUCH more reliable.

2) Hardware :- Make sure the hardware is in good nick, a stuffed-up hardrive won't defrag no matter what.

3) Management :- A clever trick is to findout what the files are that won't move (Under win 9x win386.swp for instance) and carefully rename them, defrag, then rename back.

Geordie Guy

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