Disk Defragmenter error: some files are not defragmented

Disk defragmenter on XP home edition

Whenever I run disk defragmenter I get an error message (when it has finished). It seems to defragment some of my hard disk and some files are not defragmented. Since I dont know how defragmenter works and what it does, I am wondering if I should be concerned about this. I get a lengend when defragmenter starts - assigning red for fragmented files - blue for contiguous files - green for unmovable files and white as free space. I can understand that unmovable files cannot be defragmented but if I let the program complete, show me the error message and then if I run it again, there are still framented files (coloured red) I cannot understand this. Could someone please help or at least guide me? This is a copy of the error report I recieve:

Volume URSULA (C
Volume size = 37.26 GB
Cluster size = 32 KB
Used space = 23.23 GB
Free space = 14.03 GB
Percent free space = 37 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 10 %
File fragmentation = 21 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 62,675
Average file size = 353 KB
Total fragmented files = 132
Total excess fragments = 604
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 372 MB
Total fragments = 2

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 5,013
Fragmented folders = 10
Excess folder fragments = 19

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Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
215 1.56 GB \WINDOWS\All Users\Documents\My Videos\Holiday July 2005.avi
58 18 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\CAA49.MSP
4 32 MB \Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\LIB\RT.JAR
5 20 MB \Program Files\Calypso3\Mailbox\Main.box.bak
12 25 MB \Program Files\Calypso3\Mailbox\Main.box
3 4 MB \Sword\Smackshi\ferrari.smk
4 643 KB \GamesJan\FILES\WINGMSHO\TWINBLOK\TWINBLOK.EXE
3 4 MB \My Music\Alanis Morissette\Under Rug Swept\Alanis Morissette - Hands Clean.mp3
3 3 MB \My Music\Bread\Anthology of Bread\Bread - Fancy Dancer.mp3
3 3 MB \My Music\Born To Be Wild\artist - Track 9.mp3
3 3 MB \My Music\Born To Be Wild\artist - Track 15.mp3
3 4 MB \My Music\Various in WMA Format\By The Way\03 Track 3.wma
3 3 MB \My Music\Various in WMA Format\The Ultimate Hit Collection 2\05 Absolutely (Story of a Girl).wma
3 3 MB \My Music\Music\17 - UB40 - Kingston town (remix).mp3
3 5 MB \My Music\Music\All I want is everything..MP3
3 4 MB \My Music\Now 10A\Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on.mp3
3 5 MB \My Music\Now 10B\Joshua Kadison - Jessie.mp3
3 4 MB \My Music\Avril Lavigne\Let Go\Avril Lavigne - Anything but Ordinary.mp3
3 5 MB \My Music\Crowded House\Together Alone\Crowded House - Private universe.mp3
3 4 MB \My Music\Crowded House\World Where We Live\Crowded House - Its only Natural.mp3
3 4 MB \My Music\Roxette\Crash Boom Bang\Roxette - Do you wanna go the whole way.mp3
3 4 MB \My Music\Depeche Mode\Mixed Music\Various - Pretenders - Hymn to Her.mp3
3 3 MB \My Music\REM & RedHotChilliPeppers\Various\artist - Rem8.mp3
4 4 MB \My Music\Boney M\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album (22-07-05 06-42-04 PM)\Still I'm Sad Boney M Unknown Album (22-07-05 06-42-04 PM).wma
4 4 MB \My Music\Boney M\Unknown Artist\Unknown Album (22-07-05 06-42-04 PM)\I'm Born Again Boney M Unknown Album (22-07-05 06-42-04 PM).wma
84 556 MB \UNDO\BACKUP.CAB
5 10 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Common Client\SETTINGS.DAT
33 10 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Common Client\SETTINGS.BAK
16 816 KB \Documents and Settings\Ursula Chianese\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\INDEX.DAT
20 28 MB \Documents and Settings\Ursula Chianese\Desktop\Go!Zilla Downloads\PCS4.EXE

 

Hello Nickynoo,

Do you run defrag in safe mode? I do, if nothing else, it speeds the process up, and it may make a difference in how well it does.

FWIW, XP auto defrags on a regular basis if the Task Schedular service is enabled, cutting down on the frequency of manual defrags I have to run.

If you want something stronger then look into Diskeeper: http://www.diskeeper.com/diskeeper/diskeeper.asp?ad=overture1&apid=PPS0001053

Two free defragmenters:
http://www.dirms.com/
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1470

Pete's post reminded me that XP's defragger is a Diskeeper version written for MS.

Regards - Charles

 

Thankyou

 

Nickynoo--Defragmenting is needed much less frequently in newer PC's with WinXP and large hard drives. When you first open Defrag, click the Analyze button. Windows will tell you if Defragmenting is needed. If not, forget about running Defrag.
What does Defragmenter do?
See here under Defragmenting
http://www.smartcomputing.com/techsupport/detail.aspx?guid=&ErrorID=23072
As you can see you are putting files dealing with one program closer together on the hard drive so that access is faster.

About the error message, many possibilities.
http://www.google.com/search?source...2004-31,GGLD:en&q=some+files+not+defragmented
If the PC runs OK, especially the programs that could not be defragmented, maybe just forget about the message. May having the files closer together is not needed.
Or you can run Defrag again and see if there is any improvement.