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Problem With Defragmenting Windows 7

  • 19-06-2012 5:32pm
    #1
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,940 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi, I was just trying to defrag my laptop but I'm having a problem.

    When I go into the Disk Defragmenter, I have RECOVERY (D: ) (0% fragmented), HP_TOOLS (E: ) (0% fragmented) and SYSTEM (21% fragmented). I've tried to both analyse and defrag them all but none of it works. Whenever I highlight one of them and click Analyse Disk, 0% analysed will flash up under Progress and disappear again. Something similar happens when I click on Defragment Disk, only it'll flash up and say something like 1.11% consolidated or 1.12% defragmented and then go blank again.

    I have looked up how to defrag my laptop and I know this isn't what's meant to happen. Can you tell me what's wrong and how to fix it? Thanks for any helpful answers.
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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    As far as I'm concerned Win7 looks after that automatically on the fly. I used to do it manually in XP but nowadays every time I look it tells me it doesn't need to be defragmented and I don't have any automatic defrag set.


  • #3
    CreepingDeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,015 ✭✭✭CreepingDeath


    Suas11 wrote: »
    Hi, I was just trying to defrag my laptop but I'm having a problem.

    When I go into the Disk Defragmenter, I have RECOVERY (D: ) (0% fragmented), HP_TOOLS (E: ) (0% fragmented) and SYSTEM (21% fragmented). I've tried to both analyse and defrag them all but none of it works.

    I wouldn't touch the RECOVERY or HP_TOOLS drives / partitions.
    They're typically there so that you can reinstall Windows 7 and all your laptop drivers from a special image file.

    The SYSTEM partition is likely the C: drive, and the only one you should be concerned about. The others won't be read or written to and are only there in the event of an emergency requiring a full reinstall of Windows.

    So just trying defragmenting the C: drive alone.


  • #4
    Sup08
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,689 ✭✭✭Sup08


    Try look at this and do an elevated defrag..

    http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/11733-disk-defragmenter-open-use.html


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