djohn Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Hi Guys,Using XP Pro and its own defrager on an 80 Gb Maxtor drive. Since buying the drive/s last year I have never had a problem with defrag until this past week. Now I seem to have a section over to the far left of the illustration that is staying "Red" [Fragmented]. I've run the application several times over the past few days, both in normal mode and with AVG turned off. Also tried it in safe mode but still the same.Any Ideas as to why it wont sort itself? Illustration below. :uhm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Don't know why you never had it before, but there is always some that can't be defragged. :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted November 18, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 That's even more strange then expertec! I've always been able to show a drive without any red at all, even when I was using 98se. :wacko:Or is my memory playing tricks with me? I'm sure I could show a drive without any red after a defrag. :uhm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Deleted all the build up of crap john? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 That's just the C partition of 15 Gb. All the crap has been deleted to the remaining partition of the drive and to 2 other 80 Gb drives. :PPS: do your drives show any area that can't be defragged? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 It was partly because of the residual red sections in Windows Defragmenter that I moved to an independent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 This is mine with Diskeeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 After defragging is complete, check the report on the pop-up window. It will tell you what was not defragmented, and you may have a guess why.Make sure all applications are stopped before starting to defrag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 After defragging is complete, check the report on the pop-up window. It will tell you what was not defragmented, and you may have a guess why.Make sure all applications are stopped before starting to defrag.You don't need to stop anything with the paid for version of Diskeeper. It can be set to monitor continuously, and defrag as and when needed. I notice VERY LITTLE slow down when the defrag engine is active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Even more confused now. Run the defrag again with exactly the same results showing on the graph. Had a look at the info as expertec suggested and it says there are no files fragmented. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Had a look at the info as expertec suggested and it says there are no files fragmented.Wasn't me suggested that, somebody else with the same avatar. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 So it was! Just goes to show how we associate avatars with people and don't always look at the names. :blush:My apologies to pwillener. Does the readout mean anything to you expertec? :unsure:I've thought hard about this and feel almost certain that the red band never stayed on show after defraging in the past. Always used XP's own defrager and it takes only a few minutes to do its job. Just a bit concerned that there may be something wrong with that part of the drive even though the readout appears to give the all clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expertec Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 You tried running CheckDisk on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Your 17 incher hasn't developed perfectly vertically aligned dead pixels all dead on RED has it?Disk Check it :D expertec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted November 19, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 Checkdisk came out fine expertec. Thanks for the suggestion though. I think I'll leave it for now though as everything is working fine as it always has. Just intrigued as to why this section of red has now appeared on the graph and seems to be unmovable. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt James T. Kirk Posted November 19, 2004 Report Share Posted November 19, 2004 i have dk 8 and it it dont show any red after defrag either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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