Volume could not be defragmented?

What does this means??
"some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from my
daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged her
computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about it?
Thanks,
Lauria

RobertVA
Mon Apr 21 11:04:54 PDT 2008

Lauria wrote:
> What does this means??
> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from my
> daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged her
> computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about it?
> Thanks,
> Lauria

Could include the Windows swap file and any files currently in use by a
running application. To some extent the areas in use by applications
could be reduced by defragging while running Windows XP in safe mode.

Unknown
Mon Apr 21 12:01:00 PDT 2008

Any file in use cannot be defragged. Just ignore.
"Lauria" <Lauria@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E6442370-959C-47A9-9DF1-24EF6B43DAED@microsoft.com...
> What does this means??
> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from my
> daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged her
> computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about it?
> Thanks,
> Lauria

Shenan
Mon Apr 21 12:42:19 PDT 2008

Lauria wrote:
> What does this means??
> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is
> from my daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to
> defragged her computer and this message showed up. How or what can
> I do about it?

It means... "some files on this volume could not be defragmented" <- cannot
think of a better way of saying it really.

Example of what may have happened in other terms...
You are cleaning your floor. You have a broom that will reach every corner
of the room and so - you stand in the very center and do not move from that
spot or lift your feet or stand on anything, etc - while you clean... The
spot under your feet does not get cleaned. It was 'in use'.

What should you do? Ignore it and move on.

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Gerry
Tue Apr 22 06:44:44 PDT 2008

Open Disk Defragmenter and click on Analyse. Select View Report and
click on Save As and Save. Now find VolumeC.txt in your My Documents
Folder and post a copy. Do this before running Disk Defragmenter as it
is more informative.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Lauria wrote:
> What does this means??
> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from
> my daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged
> her computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about
> it? Thanks,
> Lauria

Twayne
Sun May 04 11:21:49 PDT 2008

> What does this means??
> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from
> my daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged
> her computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about
> it? Thanks,
> Lauria

That's not unusual; in fact, it's common. Some files cannot be
defragmented while they are in use, and some files are ALWAYS in use.
Normally you can ignore it unless the details indicate a great number of
still fragmented files.
Things like the page file, some of the system files, special files
from other systems, etc. can not be defragged. You can almost surely
ignore it.

Doing the Defrag from Safe Mode can sometimes defrag a few more of the
files than in normal mode, but not for sure; it depends on what they
are.

It's highly likely you are safe just ignoring that one particular
message.

HTH

Twayne

Gerry
Sun May 04 12:00:43 PDT 2008

Twayne

You overlook large files when there is limited free disk space.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Twayne wrote:
>> What does this means??
>> "some files on this volume could not be defragmented"? This is from
>> my daughter's computer, hers is Window XP. I've tried to defragged
>> her computer and this message showed up. How or what can I do about
>> it? Thanks,
>> Lauria
>
> That's not unusual; in fact, it's common. Some files cannot be
> defragmented while they are in use, and some files are ALWAYS in use.
> Normally you can ignore it unless the details indicate a great number
> of still fragmented files.
> Things like the page file, some of the system files, special files
> from other systems, etc. can not be defragged. You can almost surely
> ignore it.
>
> Doing the Defrag from Safe Mode can sometimes defrag a few more of the
> files than in normal mode, but not for sure; it depends on what they
> are.
>
> It's highly likely you are safe just ignoring that one particular
> message.
>
> HTH
>
> Twayne