Susan@null.invalid wrote:

>My Desktop PC has a Defrag partition Analysis problem. Windows XP Analysis
>says every time that I should defrag the C:\ partition yet I have defragged
>several times and have even run Norton's Speed Disk analysis and defrag. I
>then returned to MS's Analysis and defragged another time and every time
>Analysis keeps saying I need to defrag the partition.
>
>Or, maybe I have another hidden problem?? I ran Check Disk and Disk Doctor
>but found no problems. I have not done a surface scan though and I will do
>that next.
>
>Other then that the system is about as perfect as I've seen it in years.
>
>
>Anyone have any ideas on how I can break the analysis program to rethink
>and report correctly the C partition?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Susan
>

Both Norton and Defrag actually fragment some files so as to optimize
Windows startup and application launching. However they use
different methods for determining how to do this and each identifies
the optimization done by the other program as fragmentation that needs
to be corrected.

You need to make a choice as to which defragmenting program you are
going to use and stick with that one.

Good luck

Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
--
Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2006)
On-Line Help Computer Service
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