harddrive is messing up

I use about 20 gigs of information at most on my laptop. but my comuter says that im using 59 gigs. i went to defrag and it said this



Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 23 %
File fragmentation = 45 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 99,514
Average file size = 603 KB
Total fragmented files = 44
Total excess fragments = 57,995
Average fragments per file = 1.58

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.50 GB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 7,234
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 129 MB
MFT record count = 107,245
Percent MFT in use = 80 %
Total MFT fragments = 3




please help.

 

Aside from needing a fragmentation, what do you see that's wrong with the information? I don't see anything of consequence.

 

The ms defragger program cannot defrag certan files, and it happens to be a large amont of files. I do not know how to undefrag these files, later ill will post the info it says on what it cannot defrag.

thanks

 

While logged into Windows, no defragger will be able to defrag the MFT. The paging file is also typically left out of these defragments. Boot-time defragmenting would be the best course of action. You could try booting to the command prompt and defragging from there...I think that would work.

Otherwise, programs like Diskeeper and Perfect Disk are much nicer defragmenters than the built-in windows defrag. If you need a free program, I have heard good things about O&O Defrag. I haven't used that one though.

 

Defragmenting isn't likely to help. I'm interpreting the above statment as "you have files totaling 20G in actual size taking up 59G of hard drive space" This has more to do with cluster size. See the following

http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/data_takes_more_space.html

for an explanantion.

The only way to fix this is to redefine the cluster size on your hard drive to something smaller, which means either reformatting your hard drive and choosing a more appropriate cluster size that fits the average size of your files or using a third party partition manager to change the cluster size of your current partitions.

 

I think it would be helpful if you posted actual information regarding the files on your computer. When you say there's 59gb taken up, where are you seeing this, and how do you know it's not true?

Chemistry is right about this, defragging will not fix incorrect hd free space reporting.

If you're sure it's an error it could also be related to a virus infection, or another bug of some kind. Have you done a scan for these recently?

 

here is the exact thing ms defragger said



Volume (C
Volume size = 52.72 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 45.88 GB
Free space = 6.84 GB
Percent free space = 12 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 23 %
File fragmentation = 45 %
Free space fragmentation = 1 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 99,514
Average file size = 603 KB
Total fragmented files = 44
Total excess fragments = 57,995
Average fragments per file = 1.58

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.50 GB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 7,234
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 129 MB
MFT record count = 107,245
Percent MFT in use = 80 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
127 80 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Videos\ipod\Dave chappelle show - Chapelle 1 - Mad real world.mpg.ipod.mp4
990 82 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\WO4M2JYV\movie[1].flv
992 82 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\BUP24XFL\movie[1].flv
130 89 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Videos\ipod\Comedy Central Presents - Dane Cook.mpg.ipod.mp4
155 100 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Videos\ipod\Dave Chapelle Show-Prince vs Charlie Murphy.mpg.ipod.mp4
335 105 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
3,699 146 MB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\half-life 2 deathmatch.gcf
181 164 MB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-172316530-Seinfeld.s5e2.the.puffy.shirt.(DVD).[ www.pctorrent.com].mpeg
184 174 MB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-182858184-SONY PICTURES SEINFELD 5X02 THE PUFFY SHIRT (DVDRIP) [ WWW.PCTORRENT.COM].AVI
261 218 MB \Program Files\Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory\etmain\pak0.pk3
820 247 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\TV Shows\The Office\03 Health Care.m4v
138 254 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Videos\ipod\(Movie) The Wedding Crashers (July 15,2005) (Full).mpg.ipod.mp4
14,393 256 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music\TV Shows\The Office\05 Basketball.m4v
257 318 MB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\half-life deathmatch source.gcf
250 430 MB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-1836600540-seinfeld_season_6_disk1_part2.avi
20,326 1,009 MB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\day of defeat source.gcf
254 1,021 MB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-1394374382-SEINFELD SEASON 6 DVD DISK3 PART1.AVI
7,947 1.19 GB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\episode 1 shared.gcf
284 1.25 GB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-1344151226-Seinfeld.s6d1.dvd.part2.mpg
295 1.54 GB \Program Files\LimeWire\Incomplete\T-1656518616-1_Seinfeld_s6d1_dvd_part1_(1).mpeg
5,075 1.64 GB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\counter-strike source shared.gcf



ithank you for your help.
also, i can take a screenshot of the defragger and the pics it shows on the bottom, basically all of my hard drive is red. would the picture help any?

 

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
deleting crap from limewire actually cleared 10 GIGS UP I AM AMAZED!!!!!!





Just another Christmas miracle...

 

wow, deleting my huge collection of pirated videos cleared up my HD!

 

im telling you its a christmas miracle

one thing, is this a hidden folder?? application data a hidden folder??? i cant delete it...

\Documents and Settings\Marc\Application Data\BitTorrent

look



Volume (C
Volume size = 52.72 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 36.35 GB
Free space = 16.37 GB
Percent free space = 31 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 9 %
File fragmentation = 19 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 88,991
Average file size = 523 KB
Total fragmented files = 7
Total excess fragments = 13,224
Average fragments per file = 1.14

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.50 GB
Total fragments = 1

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 6,520
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 129 MB
MFT record count = 95,999
Percent MFT in use = 72 %
Total MFT fragments = 3

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
4 554 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\Application Data\BitTorrent\incomplete\40f432e9-7cf3\Soldier of Fourtune II Disc 1.dmg
9 560 MB \Documents and Settings\Marc\Application Data\BitTorrent\incomplete\40f432e9-7cf3\Soldier of Fortune II Disc 2.dmg
7,947 1.19 GB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\episode 1 shared.gcf
97 1.61 GB \RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1750121887-2418539912-104687912-1006\Dc306.mpeg
5,075 1.64 GB \Program Files\Valve\Steam\steamapps\counter-strike source shared.gcf
97 1.64 GB \RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1750121887-2418539912-104687912-1006\Dc310.mpg

 

Application Data is a hidden system folder. You're not supposed to be able to delete it. Lots of programs store various files in there. If you know there's garbage in some of the subfolders, you probably can delete those, though.

 

yep! i got it, thanks for all the help