Defragmentation

I get an error message saying some file did not defrag. The message
identifies the doc files doesn't say why or how to fix or over ride it....wt

Tony
Tue Jun 05 09:18:51 CDT 2007

It could be meaningless, one fragmented file wouldn't normally affect
anything unless it's huge and you work on it all the time. Normally, you run
defraggers by specifying a disk to work on, if you run defrag by
specifically naming files, it could be locked or hidden. Also, you could be
short of memory.

If you're worried, find out what file it is and what it is supposed to be
doing. Then try and access it and see if it behaves normally.

What OS is this? And what Defragger?


Tony. . .



"WayneT" <WayneT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DF9FAB31-0A34-4575-8398-3C255AEAEC56@microsoft.com...
> I get an error message saying some file did not defrag. The message
> identifies the doc files doesn't say why or how to fix or over ride
it....wt

Theo
Tue Jun 05 10:10:25 CDT 2007

What defragger is being used? It may be a system file that
cannot be defraaged while the system is operational.


Tony Sperling wrote:
> It could be meaningless, one fragmented file wouldn't normally affect
> anything unless it's huge and you work on it all the time. Normally, you run
> defraggers by specifying a disk to work on, if you run defrag by
> specifically naming files, it could be locked or hidden. Also, you could be
> short of memory.
>
> If you're worried, find out what file it is and what it is supposed to be
> doing. Then try and access it and see if it behaves normally.
>
> What OS is this? And what Defragger?
>
>
> Tony. . .
>
>
>
> "WayneT" <WayneT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:DF9FAB31-0A34-4575-8398-3C255AEAEC56@microsoft.com...
>> I get an error message saying some file did not defrag. The message
>> identifies the doc files doesn't say why or how to fix or over ride
> it....wt
>
>

Tony
Tue Jun 05 10:26:04 CDT 2007

That was my first thought too, but then, it wouldn't normally complain about
it, since it is a built-in limitation/feature?

Some hard-core freeware utilities might try and have a go at it if you name
it, though. Perhaps!


Tony. . .


"Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OUlCxO4pHHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What defragger is being used? It may be a system file that
> cannot be defraaged while the system is operational.
>
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
> > It could be meaningless, one fragmented file wouldn't normally affect
> > anything unless it's huge and you work on it all the time. Normally, you
run
> > defraggers by specifying a disk to work on, if you run defrag by
> > specifically naming files, it could be locked or hidden. Also, you could
be
> > short of memory.
> >
> > If you're worried, find out what file it is and what it is supposed to
be
> > doing. Then try and access it and see if it behaves normally.
> >
> > What OS is this? And what Defragger?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> > "WayneT" <WayneT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:DF9FAB31-0A34-4575-8398-3C255AEAEC56@microsoft.com...
> >> I get an error message saying some file did not defrag. The message
> >> identifies the doc files doesn't say why or how to fix or over ride
> > it....wt
> >
> >

Tony
Thu Jun 07 18:45:04 CDT 2007

Now there's an idea - I am dual booting and often defrag from the 'other' OS
out of habit more than anything else - are you saying that System Files in
this case will defrag? Is this good or bad, do you think? I haven't noticed
any issue but it seems not to burden the system so much. You would need to
do some serious benchmarking to prove the difference, but it seems faster,
which is nice even if it's a trick of the brain.


Tony. . .


"Theo" <theo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:OUlCxO4pHHA.4364@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> What defragger is being used? It may be a system file that
> cannot be defraaged while the system is operational.
>
>
> Tony Sperling wrote:
> > It could be meaningless, one fragmented file wouldn't normally affect
> > anything unless it's huge and you work on it all the time. Normally, you
run
> > defraggers by specifying a disk to work on, if you run defrag by
> > specifically naming files, it could be locked or hidden. Also, you could
be
> > short of memory.
> >
> > If you're worried, find out what file it is and what it is supposed to
be
> > doing. Then try and access it and see if it behaves normally.
> >
> > What OS is this? And what Defragger?
> >
> >
> > Tony. . .
> >
> >
> >
> > "WayneT" <WayneT@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:DF9FAB31-0A34-4575-8398-3C255AEAEC56@microsoft.com...
> >> I get an error message saying some file did not defrag. The message
> >> identifies the doc files doesn't say why or how to fix or over ride
> > it....wt
> >
> >