Some times it causes the whole computer to crash, and reboot. Im not really
concerned about the defragmenting of the files, i just want to know what is
causing this to happen, I suspect it is a driver problem, but windows just
tells me its an unknown device after the crash.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

>
> The amount of free space is very important when running Disk Defragmenter. A
> minimum of 15% is required but sometimes 20% is desirable if the drive /
> partition
> contains one or more large files. You can run Disk Defragmenter a second and
> third
> time if files are still fragmented after the first run. You can put files
> more prone to
> fragment in their own partitions.
>
> If you use Outlook Express regularly compacting Outlook Express before
> running
> Disk Defragmenter is helpful.
>
> Disk Defragmenter provides a "Most fragmented files" list. When a fragmented
> file is
> larger than the largest pocket of free space available then the files is not
> fragmented.
> Running Disk Defragmenter a second or third time does move files around and
> can
> reduce / eliminate the contents of the "Most fragmented files" list. The
> more free
> space on the drive / partition, the more likely it is that all fragments
> will be
> eliminated.
>
> Free space cannot be defragmented with the Windows XP Disk Defragmenter.
> Neither can your pagefile cannot be defragmented because the file is in use
> whilst
> Disk Defragmenter is running. You can purchase other Defragmenting Utilities
> e.g.
> Perfect Disk, which will defragment your pagefile and free space. Another
> option is to
> place your pagefile in it's own partition. A pagefile partition is best
> located as the first
> partition on a second hard drive. You should leave a small page file at the
> original
> location.
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>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
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> "Skeet13" <Skeet13@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E1303A3C-6B24-453E-A8B1-8985DF745A5A@microsoft.com...
> > Lately i have been getting alot of fragmented files come up when i use
> > the
> > defrag utility. It seems as if I can run the defrag, clean everything up,
> > and come back five minutes later and i'll have a ton of fragmented files
> > again. I play an online game alot, and after a while the game will just
> > crash. Ill get an error from the game and it will say one of its files
> > have
> > become corrupt. Ill run defrag and sure enough that file is listed. I
> > got
> > the new Soundblaster X-fi in november, so i though it was because of its
> > drivers, but i took the card out, along with the drivers, but it still
> > happens. All the rest of my drivers seem to be up to date. It also doesnt
> > matter if my cable modem is on or not. I just reformated my computer the
> > other day hoping it would take care of it, but it didnt help at all. I
> > have
> > a pentium 4 3g.. ATI radeon 9800 XT... 1gb of ram.. Please help me!
> > Any
> > help would be greatly appreciated...
>
>
>