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bbqbrisket

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I have tried many times to Defrag my pc. I'm running Vista Home Basic 32.
No matter how many times I defrag, I get anywhere between 45 and 65 % defragged still at the end of the scan.
I have also used Defraggler that shows the colored chart in red where it is fragmented.
After running that program, it still shows a "sea of red".
Is this normal?
When I run PC Pitstop, it recommends that I do a defrag because it shows up always
as needing it.

Could use some knowledge here.
thanks
 

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Hello bbqbrisket, welcome to Vista Forums!


It's not as important as it once was to defrag the HDD, if you have plenty of free space available for use then I would just let Vista handle it all on its own and not worry about what others say.

















Later :shock: Ted
 

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I am very curious as to why it is always around 50% fragmented after defrag.
MY real question is whether or not that is normal.

thank you for the input
 

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Vista places some parts of the OS like the Master File Table (MFT) in the center of the HDD sometime, which has been known to cause issues like this; not a real problem in most cases.




















Later ;) Ted
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    * BFK Customs *
    CPU
    Intel C2Q 9550 Yorkfield
    Motherboard
    ASUS P5Q Pro
    Memory
    8GB Dominator 8500C5D
    Graphics Card(s)
    XFX ATI 1GB 4870 XXX
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD 7-1
    Monitor(s) Displays
    1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080P & 1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    2x 500GB 7200RPM 32MB Cache WD Caviar Black
    PSU
    Corsair 620HX
    Case
    CM Cosmos RC-1000
    Cooling
    Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans
    Keyboard
    HP Enhansed Multimedia
    Mouse
    Razer Diamondback 3G
    Internet Speed
    18.6Mb/s
    Other Info
    My First Build ;)
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