Defragging large files problems...

[bran]

Hey all,

I have been somewhat absent minded as of late... like the last year, and haven't kept up with my defragging. Now I have this problem. I have several large files that are highly defragmented. Normally I wouldn't care too much, but some of the files involve games that I play... like Battlefield 1942 maps and texture files... thus when I try to load the game, it takes like 2min for each map to load. I downloaded O&O's defragger, and have defragged many times to little avail. Anyway, I was wondering if someone could recommend a way to defrag these large files. I have about 18% free space (around 6gigs free). Thanks.

[gear02]

why can't you use microsoft's defragger?

[Joshua]

:stupid:

Just right click on the drive and choose Properties, then the Tools tab, then click Defragment Now.

[gear02]

I've tried using Norton's Speed Disk but I found that it would sometimes lock up on large defragment sessions, which has caused me to lose a whole hard drive worth of data (corrupted MBR).

So I've stuck with Microsoft's Defrag and it's good.

[bran]

I tried using the built in defragger a few times and it did just about nothing....

[Jeffbx]

Diskeeper is about to release version 8 & you can download a demo for free - http://www.execsoft.com/diskeeper/diskeeper8.asp?ad=dk8email1

I've always had good luck with their product.

[zippyjuan]

I had a problem on Norton if my screen saver kicked in while it was trying to do something- caused the program to freeze.

[DaFunkyUnit]

a somewhat unelegant method:

you could backup all your fragmented data (burn them on a CD or something), delete/uninstall, defrag, then restore/reinstall your apps and data. Then for safe measure, defrag again right after. It should do the trick, or at least help.

Everytime I install/uninstall something huge, I will do a defrag in order to keep the disk tidy.