HD will not defrag all the way

dkdgbroyles · 01-21-07, 04:59 PM

My Hd will not defrag all the way.It is only world of warcraft files. I've tried other defrag software but no success. Any ideas? My Hd will defrag other files,just not the wow files.

dkdgbroyles · 01-21-07, 06:59 PM

bump

Burnout01 · 01-21-07, 07:22 PM

Are you playing Wow while trying to defrag?

dkdgbroyles · 01-21-07, 07:41 PM

no.....I also failed to mention that I still have 20G left on my HD. (40G capacity).

MVC · 01-22-07, 05:37 AM

How big are the WoW files, and what app are you using to defrag? It could be that the WoW files are just too big to fit into available contiguous space without condensing everything else and some defrag utilities don't do that very well (or do it at all). Also, how many fragments are the files in when the defrag finishes?

grumperfish · 01-22-07, 05:46 AM

If you haven't already try getting a trial demo of O&O Defrag (v. 8.5). It's an excellent program and tends to work better in my experience than Diskeeper and other defragging programs I've tried.

dkdgbroyles · 01-22-07, 07:40 PM

These files are about 3.6G. Alot, I know. I've tried diskeeper,it organized all fragmented files into one big piece. I never used o&o, I might try it next.

MVC · 01-22-07, 08:12 PM

I've had Diskeeper leave DVD images in 2-3 fragments before, but I had a lot less than 50% of the drive available (though it was more than 20GB). Is the system accessing the WoW files during the defragment? or is WoW completely shut down? Any files in use will not get properly defragmented.

dkdgbroyles · 01-23-07, 05:37 PM

O&O worked!!! Thanks guys. I tried diskeeper and Vopt8 they could not move large files. I don't know why. All diskeeper did was move fragmented fies in a big fragmented lump. Vopt8 did about what windows defrag did. Just for FYI...O&O rules.

01-21-07, 04:59 PM	Thread Starter #1
dkdgbroyles Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas	HD will not defrag all the way My Hd will not defrag all the way.It is only world of warcraft files. I've tried other defrag software but no success. Any ideas? My Hd will defrag other files,just not the wow files. __________________ Gigabyte GA-M57 SLI-S4 Windsor 3.0GHz @ all stock G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 2048mb x 2 RAID 0: 2 Seagates 7200.10 8800 GT Superclocked edition windows vista 64 bit Cosair 550VX Antec 900
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01-21-07, 06:59 PM	Thread Starter #2
dkdgbroyles Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas	bump __________________ Gigabyte GA-M57 SLI-S4 Windsor 3.0GHz @ all stock G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 2048mb x 2 RAID 0: 2 Seagates 7200.10 8800 GT Superclocked edition windows vista 64 bit Cosair 550VX Antec 900
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01-21-07, 07:22 PM	#3
Burnout01 Member Join Date: Nov 2003	Are you playing Wow while trying to defrag?
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01-21-07, 07:41 PM	Thread Starter #4
dkdgbroyles Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas	no.....I also failed to mention that I still have 20G left on my HD. (40G capacity). __________________ Gigabyte GA-M57 SLI-S4 Windsor 3.0GHz @ all stock G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 2048mb x 2 RAID 0: 2 Seagates 7200.10 8800 GT Superclocked edition windows vista 64 bit Cosair 550VX Antec 900
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01-22-07, 05:37 AM	#5
MVC Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hell's Kitchen, NYC	How big are the WoW files, and what app are you using to defrag? It could be that the WoW files are just too big to fit into available contiguous space without condensing everything else and some defrag utilities don't do that very well (or do it at all). Also, how many fragments are the files in when the defrag finishes?
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01-22-07, 05:46 AM	#6
grumperfish Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: South Florida	If you haven't already try getting a trial demo of O&O Defrag (v. 8.5). It's an excellent program and tends to work better in my experience than Diskeeper and other defragging programs I've tried. __________________ Desktop: i7 2600K @ 4.6ghz w/ TR HR-02 + SD 120x38mm // Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3P // XFX 6950 2GB 16GB G-Skill RipjawsX 1600mhz // Samsung 830 128GB // 6TB // Thermaltake Armor // Corsair TX750 Server: Q6600 G0 // Gigabyte EP35-DS3R // 4GB G-Skill DDR2 // 4850 512MB // 4.25TB // Corsair TX650 Laptop: Latitude D630 // C2M T7300 // 4GB DDR2 // X3100 // 160GB Smoothwall: P4 2.4C // 1GB DDR // AOpen MX4GVR // 80GB // Corsair CX430 I like HEAT
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01-22-07, 07:40 PM	Thread Starter #7
dkdgbroyles Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas	These files are about 3.6G. Alot, I know. I've tried diskeeper,it organized all fragmented files into one big piece. I never used o&o, I might try it next. __________________ Gigabyte GA-M57 SLI-S4 Windsor 3.0GHz @ all stock G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 2048mb x 2 RAID 0: 2 Seagates 7200.10 8800 GT Superclocked edition windows vista 64 bit Cosair 550VX Antec 900
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01-22-07, 08:12 PM	#8
MVC Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Hell's Kitchen, NYC	I've had Diskeeper leave DVD images in 2-3 fragments before, but I had a lot less than 50% of the drive available (though it was more than 20GB). Is the system accessing the WoW files during the defragment? or is WoW completely shut down? Any files in use will not get properly defragmented.
	QUOTE Thanks

01-23-07, 05:37 PM	Thread Starter #9
dkdgbroyles Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas	O&O worked!!! Thanks guys. I tried diskeeper and Vopt8 they could not move large files. I don't know why. All diskeeper did was move fragmented fies in a big fragmented lump. Vopt8 did about what windows defrag did. Just for FYI...O&O rules. __________________ Gigabyte GA-M57 SLI-S4 Windsor 3.0GHz @ all stock G.Skill DDR2 800 5-5-5-15 2048mb x 2 RAID 0: 2 Seagates 7200.10 8800 GT Superclocked edition windows vista 64 bit Cosair 550VX Antec 900
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