Diskeeper defrag - never defrags some files

I have tried cleaning up my hard drive and when I run the defrag program
that came with Vista, I never seem to be able to get it to clean up the
frgamentaion below 4& to 6%. In some cases, the report telles me that it
cannot open some files that, when I search for them, do not appear to be on
the disk, e.g. the temporary internet files. Other files appear to be on
the disk but Diskeeper cannot open them, e.g. a catdb file in the
\Windows\System32 folder.

Is it safe to delete these files? (the ones I can locate)


:
Volume SW_Preload (C:
Volume size = 88,640 MB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 54,936 MB
Free space = 33,704 MBe
Percent free space = 38 %
Defragmentation method = Max Disk Performance

Fragmentation percentage
Volume fragmentation = 3 %
Data fragmentation = 4 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 81,173
Average file size = 756 KB
Total fragmented files = 7
Total excess fragments = 110
Average fragments per file = 1.00
Files with performance loss = 6
Paging file fragmentation
Paging/Swap file size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Directory fragmentation
Total directories = 15,788
Fragmented directories = 0
Excess directory fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 102 MB
MFT records In Use = 97,086
Percent MFT in use = 92 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File size Most fragmented files
3 6,920 KB
\Windows\System32\catroot2\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\catdb
[Cannot open]
68 1,616 KB \Users\Wilfred
Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
Files\Content.IE5\index.dat [Cannot open]
4 64 KB \Users\Wilfred
Plá\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\inde x.dat [Cannot open]
15 288 KB \Users\Wilfred
Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Histor y.IE5\index.dat [Cannot
open]
3 21 KB \RRbackups\common\usersids.dat [Cannot open]
2 7 KB \RRbackups\common\rr.log [Cannot open]
22 3,300 MB \System Volume
Information\{6da5ddcc-92e5-11dc-82d2-001e37188e5a}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
[Cannot open]

> "ThinkPad" wrote:
> I have tried cleaning up my hard drive and when I run the defrag program
> that came with Vista, I never seem to be able to get it to clean up the
> frgamentaion below 4& to 6%.

At least you got it to run. When I tried to run it I came back an hour later
to find the PC sleeping. Odd since I shut off the sleep mode. So when it does
run... is there any sort of graph to show progress? I never got anything but
the main screen.

Short answer, NO.

Your drive is 2/3 full, it is recommended you do not go above about 3/4
full anyways. The defragmenter appears to be "Playing safe" and
certainly take other advice but I would delete nothing from that list
and ignore the % report. Remember fragmentation ONLY has any real effect
when those files are being used

ThinkPad wrote:
> I have tried cleaning up my hard drive and when I run the defrag program
> that came with Vista, I never seem to be able to get it to clean up the
> frgamentaion below 4& to 6%. In some cases, the report telles me that
> it cannot open some files that, when I search for them, do not appear to
> be on the disk, e.g. the temporary internet files. Other files appear
> to be on the disk but Diskeeper cannot open them, e.g. a catdb file in
> the \Windows\System32 folder.
>
> Is it safe to delete these files? (the ones I can locate)
>
>
> :
> Volume SW_Preload (C:
> Volume size = 88,640 MB
> Cluster size = 4 KB
> Used space = 54,936 MB
> Free space = 33,704 MBe
> Percent free space = 38 %
> Defragmentation method = Max Disk Performance
>
> Fragmentation percentage
> Volume fragmentation = 3 %
> Data fragmentation = 4 %
>
> File fragmentation
> Total files = 81,173
> Average file size = 756 KB
> Total fragmented files = 7
> Total excess fragments = 110
> Average fragments per file = 1.00
> Files with performance loss = 6
> Paging file fragmentation
> Paging/Swap file size = 0 bytes
> Total fragments = 0
>
> Directory fragmentation
> Total directories = 15,788
> Fragmented directories = 0
> Excess directory fragments = 0
>
> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
> Total MFT size = 102 MB
> MFT records In Use = 97,086
> Percent MFT in use = 92 %
> Total MFT fragments = 2
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Fragments File size Most fragmented files
> 3 6,920 KB
> \Windows\System32\catroot2\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\catdb
> [Cannot open]
> 68 1,616 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files\Content.IE5\index.dat [Cannot open]
> 4 64 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\inde x.dat [Cannot open]
> 15 288 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Histor y.IE5\index.dat
> [Cannot open]
> 3 21 KB \RRbackups\common\usersids.dat [Cannot
> open]
> 2 7 KB \RRbackups\common\rr.log [Cannot open]
> 22 3,300 MB \System Volume
> Information\{6da5ddcc-92e5-11dc-82d2-001e37188e5a}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
> [Cannot open]
>

There are many files that will not be defragmented. Among these are the
System restore Points.

--

Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)



"ThinkPad" <> wrote in message
news:9vqdnet1UtNR6abanZ2dnUVZ_u-...
>I have tried cleaning up my hard drive and when I run the defrag program
>that came with Vista, I never seem to be able to get it to clean up the
>frgamentaion below 4& to 6%. In some cases, the report telles me that it
>cannot open some files that, when I search for them, do not appear to be on
>the disk, e.g. the temporary internet files. Other files appear to be on
>the disk but Diskeeper cannot open them, e.g. a catdb file in the
>\Windows\System32 folder.
>
> Is it safe to delete these files? (the ones I can locate)
>
>
> :
> Volume SW_Preload (C:
> Volume size = 88,640 MB
> Cluster size = 4 KB
> Used space = 54,936 MB
> Free space = 33,704 MBe
> Percent free space = 38 %
> Defragmentation method = Max Disk Performance
>
> Fragmentation percentage
> Volume fragmentation = 3 %
> Data fragmentation = 4 %
>
> File fragmentation
> Total files = 81,173
> Average file size = 756 KB
> Total fragmented files = 7
> Total excess fragments = 110
> Average fragments per file = 1.00
> Files with performance loss = 6
> Paging file fragmentation
> Paging/Swap file size = 0 bytes
> Total fragments = 0
>
> Directory fragmentation
> Total directories = 15,788
> Fragmented directories = 0
> Excess directory fragments = 0
>
> Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
> Total MFT size = 102 MB
> MFT records In Use = 97,086
> Percent MFT in use = 92 %
> Total MFT fragments = 2
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Fragments File size Most fragmented files
> 3 6,920 KB
> \Windows\System32\catroot2\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\catdb
> [Cannot open]
> 68 1,616 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary Internet
> Files\Content.IE5\index.dat [Cannot open]
> 4 64 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Cookies\inde x.dat [Cannot open]
> 15 288 KB \Users\Wilfred
> Plá\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\History\Histor y.IE5\index.dat [Cannot
> open]
> 3 21 KB \RRbackups\common\usersids.dat [Cannot
> open]
> 2 7 KB \RRbackups\common\rr.log [Cannot open]
> 22 3,300 MB \System Volume
> Information\{6da5ddcc-92e5-11dc-82d2-001e37188e5a}{3808876b-c176-4e48-b7ae-04046e6cc752}
> [Cannot open]
>

Progress bar is in the lower right corner. Two tabs show graphs of file
fragmentation and a graphic view of files whose performance is affected by
fragmentation.


"ulTRAX" <> wrote in message
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>> "ThinkPad" wrote:
>> I have tried cleaning up my hard drive and when I run the defrag program
>> that came with Vista, I never seem to be able to get it to clean up the
>> frgamentaion below 4& to 6%.
>
> At least you got it to run. When I tried to run it I came back an hour
> later
> to find the PC sleeping. Odd since I shut off the sleep mode. So when it
> does
> run... is there any sort of graph to show progress? I never got anything
> but
> the main screen.