Files won't Defragment

[eoghan07l]

I have many large files on my hard disk that i need to keep however they are badly fragmented and defrag won't run against them. is there anything i can do to clear these up without moving or deleting them?

 

[wolluf]

Are you using ntfs filestore?

How much free space on the drive?

Are you actually having any problems with accessing said files? Because I never defrag ntfs filestore - its never made any improvement when I have, can run for hours, and can also create other problems.

 

[xwb]

Didn't know that. I've never had any problems. What sort of problems does it create?

 

[GrimR]

Have you tried this

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897426.aspx

 

[eoghan07l]

no i can access the files alright, i was thinking of removing the files temporarily and then defragmenting the drive and then put the files back in the same place they were in, but i'm not sure that will help at all.

 

[electronicsfreak]

Run chkdsk first then defrag

go to my computer, right click on c: , left click properties, click tools, click check now, check both boxes, hit ok and restart.

Once that is done, now try running defrag

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