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(Msg. 46) Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Hi Quaoar ....
I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And what
does it do exactly?
My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running alot
of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home SP2.
I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7... &
Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a bit,
not sure]
The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you think
that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance  )
Regards..........Shazza
"Quaoar" wrote:
> Rain wrote:
> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the fragmentation of
> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days that
> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System Doctor
> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again. It's not
> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
> > slowing down considerably.
> >
> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and Spy
> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file "msvcp80.dll."
> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
> > computer can't seem to find it.
> >
> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive is
> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
> >
> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that there
> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB free
> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
> >
> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called Speed
> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that my
> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
> >
> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons why
> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag program?
> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the partiton of
> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as I
> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
> > self-sufficient.
> >
> > Thanks for your time and help,
> >
> > Rain
>
> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
> the cleaning process for malware.
>
> Q
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(Msg. 47) Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Hi Quaoar ....
I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And what
does it do exactly?
My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running alot
of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home SP2.
I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7... &
Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a bit,
not sure]
The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you think
that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
Thanks in advance )
Regards..........Shazza
"Quaoar" wrote:
> Rain wrote:
> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the fragmentation of
> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days that
> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System Doctor
> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again. It's not
> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
> > slowing down considerably.
> >
> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and Spy
> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file "msvcp80.dll."
> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
> > computer can't seem to find it.
> >
> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive is
> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
> >
> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that there
> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB free
> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
> >
> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called Speed
> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that my
> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
> >
> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons why
> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag program?
> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the partiton of
> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as I
> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
> > self-sufficient.
> >
> > Thanks for your time and help,
> >
> > Rain
>
> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
> the cleaning process for malware.
>
> Q
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(Msg. 48) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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(Msg. 49) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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(Msg. 50) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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(Msg. 51) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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(Msg. 52) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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Since: Jan 30, 2005
Posts: 954
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(Msg. 53) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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Since: Jan 30, 2005
Posts: 954
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(Msg. 54) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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Since: Jan 30, 2005
Posts: 954
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(Msg. 55) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)
|
|
|
Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
click your My Computer icon on the Desktop and select System Restore.
Place the cursor on your C drive select Settings but this time find the
slider and drag it to the left until it reads 700 mb and exit. When you get
to the Settings screen click on Apply and OK and exit.
Are you using any Norton Utilities?
If your hard drive is formatted as NTFS another potential gain arises with
your operating system on your C drive. In the Windows Directory of your
C partition you will have some Uninstall folders in your Windows folder
typically: $NtServicePackUninstall$ and $NtUninstallKB282010$ etc.
These files may be compressed or not compressed. If compressed the
text of the folder name appears in blue characters. If not compressed
you can compress them. Right click on each folder and select Properties,
General, Advanced and check the box before Compress contents to
save Disk Space. On the General Tab you can see the amount gained
by deducting the size on disk from the size. Folder compression is
only an option on a NTFS formatted drive / partition.
Another default setting on a large drive which could be wasteful is that for
temporary internet files especially if you do not store offline copies on
disk. The default allocation is 3% of drive. Depending on your attitude to
offline copies you could reduce this to 1% or 2%. In Internet Explorer
select Tools, Internet Options, General, Temporary Internet Files, Settings
to make the change. At the same time look at the number of days history
is held.
The default allocation for the Recycle Bin is 10 % of drive. On your drive
5% should be sufficient. In Windows Explorer place the cursor on your
Recycle Bin, right click and select Properties, Global and move the slider
from 10% to 5%.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Shazzmuzik" <Shazzmuzik.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6C8495B3-D41D-4DD5-9CD6-A0996CE32756@microsoft.com...
> Hi Quaoar ....
> I am also having defrag problems....but I am wondering, does the moving of
> msvcp80.dll to System32 only pertain to the use of Norton Windoctor? And
> what
> does it do exactly?
> My problem is that I have 17% free space on my 20 gig C Drive...running
> alot
> of programs. I have deleted a few but I need the rest, pretty much.
> I have an Asus M/B/ 28.1 Celeron CPU/ 512 DDR system , running WinXP Home
> SP2.
> I also have Nod32 AV... BitDefender 8... Registry Repair 2006...
> SpywareDoctor 4.0.0.2618... Dustbuster XP... MS Office 2007 Beta.. IE7...
> &
> Windows Desktop Search 3.0 [which I think is slowing the system down a
> bit,
> not sure]
> The Defrag seems to get to about 15%, then it ends, telling me it had
> completed. But there are still alot of fragmented files, in particular a
> large clump of it at what seems to be the end of the drive. What do you
> think
> that is? And how do I resolve this issue?
>
> Thanks in advance )
>
> Regards..........Shazza
>
>
>
> "Quaoar" wrote:
>
>> Rain wrote:
>> > I have Norton System Works with System Doctor monitoring the
>> > fragmentation of
>> > my hard drive. For months now, I get a warning every two or three days
>> > that
>> > the drive is too fragmented. I run the Windows Defrag and then System
>> > Doctor
>> > says it is back to 100%, but two days later I get a warning again.
>> > It's not
>> > just the warning that concerns me because I can see that the system is
>> > slowing down considerably.
>> >
>> > It is not a virus or spyware or adware issue. I run NAV, Ad-Aware and
>> > Spy
>> > Sweeper all the time. Win Doctor keeps telling me that
>> > C:\Windows\system32\icardagt.exe cannot access a missing file
>> > "msvcp80.dll."
>> > I downloaded this file from some site recommended by an MVP here but my
>> > computer can't seem to find it.
>> >
>> > My HD is a year old, 40 GB, partitoned into three drives. The C drive
>> > is
>> > about 20 GB with 4.5 GB free space. I have 512 MB RAM.
>> >
>> > I cannot defrag the E drive at all and I get a message telling me that
>> > there
>> > isn't enough free space to perform the defrag. It has 8 GB with 1 GB
>> > free
>> > space. The D drive has 9 GB, all free space.
>> >
>> > By the way, Norton System Works comes with a defrag program called
>> > Speed
>> > Disk. All of a sudden it won't work and Norton's explanation is that
>> > my
>> > software is out of date (it's 2003) and I need to buy 2006! WHAT??!
>> >
>> > So... is the amount of free space the problem? Are there other reasons
>> > why
>> > a HD would not stay defragmented? Is it a good idea to buy a defrag
>> > program?
>> > If free space is the problem, I do not know how to rearrange the
>> > partiton of
>> > the HD and would need detailed instructions. I need to do it myself as
>> > I
>> > have paid my friendly tech guy too much money and have to learn to be
>> > self-sufficient.
>> >
>> > Thanks for your time and help,
>> >
>> > Rain
>>
>> Use the search function to find the location of the dll file and move it
>> to the system32 folder. For all of your drives run chkdsk C: /f to
>> verify the drive properties (replace c: with d:, e:, etc.). Then start
>> the cleaning process for malware.
>>
>> Q
>> >> Stay informed about: Hard drive does not stay defragged! |
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(Msg. 56) Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:06 am
Post subject: Re: Hard drive does not stay defragged! [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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Your free space at 17% is minimal and means that larger files can be
difficult
to defragment. There may there may be not be a large enough single
area of free space in which to place the file.
To increase you free space on your C select Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp, More Options, System Restore and
remove all but the latest System Restore points? Restore points can be quite
large.
You should use Disk CleanUp regularly to Empty your Recycle Bin and
Remove Temporary Internet Files. Whenever you remove redundant files you
should always run Disk Defragmenter by selecting Start, All Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter.
It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore on
your C partition which is over generous. I would reduce it to 700 mb. Right
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