Defrag Stuck at 1% No Matter How Many Time I Run It

Anonymous
2010-11-10T13:11:29+00:00

Defrag is stuck at one percent even though I have ran it a dozen times completely, this was the case with my system reserve partition too a while ago it was stuck at 14%, now my system reserve partition when it is defraged returns to 0% but my system partition is stuck at 1% no matter how many times I run defrag it seems can that be solved anyhow?

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Anonymous
2011-01-21T18:58:19+00:00

Neither the Auslogics or Microsoft Disk Defragmenters defragment the pagefile. If you allow Windows to manage the pagefile and the free disk space is less than 50% of the volume in which the pagefile resides, the pagefile fragments.

The way to avoid this problem is to place the pagefile in it's own partition or to have a fixed minimum = maximum pagefile created before the free disk space reduces below 50%.

This Article tells you how to get round the problem using the Auslogics utility

http://www.auslogics.com/en/articles/how-to-defrag/

Whther the Auslogics solution always works is questionable.  To recreate the pagefile you have to restart the computer. The shutdown causes entries to be written to files so that if there was already limited free disk space these entries start the fragmentation process once again. The new pagefile is created early in the boot process but the files and free disk space have already started to fragment. The Auslogics solution will certainly improve the situation but less so if the free disk space is say only 20% of the drive.

Hope this helps, Gerry Cornell

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  1. Anonymous
    2010-11-22T02:50:34+00:00

    It has nothing to do with the amount that it is saying isn't defragmented I don't think that number means anything at all for, example I might reinstall Windows again which I'm not going to do anytime soon and it might say 17% fragmented files and never go below that because something is wrong with that output not the actual file defragmentation.

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-11-22T03:08:13+00:00

    Go to your computer manufacture's support web site and check for Windows 7 drivers for your specific model number.

    If there are Windows 7 drivers then download to a folder on your hard drive and install all of them, starting with the Motherboard/chipset drivers, SATA, LAN, Audio, Etc., and so on.

    JS

    http://www.pagestart.com

    Never be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-11-22T14:14:03+00:00

    Hi bmxjumperc,

    Did you make any software or hardware changes on your machine prior to this issue?

    Let’s follow these methods & check if it helps.

    Method 1

    You may run system file checker [SFC] scan on the computer which will replace the missing or corrupt files & check if the issue persists.

    a. Type ‘cmd’ in start search box. Right click on ‘cmd’ in the Program list and then select the option Run as administrator.

    Note: If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type your password, or click Continue.

    b. Type the following command, and then press ENTER:

        sfc /scannow

    For more information refer this link.

    How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7

    Method 2

    You may also run a disk cleanup & then try to do defragmentation & check if it works fine.

    Improve performance by defragmenting your hard disk

    Refer: What is disk defragmentation?

    Hope the information helps. Please post back and let us know.

    Regards

    Debleena S

    Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

    Visit our Microsoft Answers Feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-11-22T14:43:47+00:00

    there  is no need to start a new topic:

    http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7performance/thread/e370d71d-d91e-40a3-9047-69de6babfa49

    @Debleena

    merge them.

    "A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code" CLIP- Stellvertreter http://www.winvistaside.de/

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