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7.4

Several Large Files Won't Defragment On My Hard Drive

Asked by fejy182 in Hard Drives & Storage

Tags: files, defrag, large

the name basically explains it all...here is the report from the Disc Defragmenter:

Volume (C:)
    Volume size                                = 13.96 GB (I know...its small)
    Cluster size                               = 512 bytes
    Used space                                 = 11.84 GB
    Free space                                 = 2.13 GB
    Percent free space                         = 15 % (just enough to defrag properly)

Volume fragmentation
    Total fragmentation                        = 31 %
    File fragmentation                         = 62 % (ahhh)
    Free space fragmentation                   = 0 %

File fragmentation
    Total files                                = 37,472
    Average file size                          = 394 KB
    Total fragmented files                     = 268
    Total excess fragments                     = 127,570
    Average fragments per file                 = 4.40

Pagefile fragmentation
    Pagefile size                              = 512 MB
    Total fragments                            = 1,138

Folder fragmentation
    Total folders                              = 2,660
    Fragmented folders                         = 1
    Excess folder fragments                    = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
    Total MFT size                             = 46 MB
    MFT record count                           = 46,273
    Percent MFT in use                         = 97 %
    Total MFT fragments                        = 4

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Fragments       File Size       Files that cannot be defragmented
172             4 MB            \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\maps\soundcache\d1_trainstation_05.cache
183             4 MB            \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\bin\hl2\maps\soundcache\d1_trainstation_05.cache
99              4 MB            \Documents and Settings\user1\Desktop\Jeff's Documents\Alcohol\alcohol.120.1.4.3.410\trial_setup.msi
135             4 MB            \WINDOWS\$NtServicePackUninstall$\luna.msstyles
87              4 MB            \WINDOWS\system32\dllcache\wmm2res.dll
269             6 MB            \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\SAVE\quick.sav
104             6 MB            \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\counter-strike\cstrike\maps\cs_bikini.bsp
167             7 MB            \WINDOWS\Help\Tours\mmTour\segment5.swf
536             11 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\media\valve.avi
331             11 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\bin\hl2\media\valve.avi
100             13 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source dedicated server.gcf
218             13 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\platform.gcf
113             13 MB           \My Shared Folder\music\download10934954034868700.dat
141             16 MB           \My Shared Folder\music\download1081993011188968412.dat
888             18 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\maps\soundcache\credits.cache
770             18 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\bin\hl2\maps\soundcache\credits.cache
837             18 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\maps\soundcache\_sharedprecache.cache
845             18 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\bin\hl2\maps\soundcache\_sharedprecache.cache
1,646           30 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\hl2\maps\soundcache\_other_rebuild.cache
1,665           30 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\half-life 2\bin\hl2\maps\soundcache\_other_rebuild.cache
1,384           36 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\fejy_182\counter-strike\cstrike\halflife.wad
1,123           68 MB           \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source engine.gcf
5,007           265 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\counter-strike.gcf
1,724           316 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\sourcesdk.gcf
9,186           396 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\half-life.gcf
9,688           449 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source models.gcf
24,540          839 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\half-life 2 content.gcf
22,532          902 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\counter-strike source shared.gcf
20,480          976 MB          \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source sounds.gcf
19,631          1.01 GB         \Valve\Steam\SteamApps\source materials.gcf

As you can see my Steam folder is full of large files that just refuse to defragment, and my file fragmentation has reached a whopping 62%!!! I just converted my hard drive to NTFS from FAT32 if that makes any difference...I dont know if the problem persisted before. Any help on how I can defragment these files would be greatly appreciated...plus you get 250 points if i like you...^_^
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