Laptop with Disk errors

veldthui

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I have new laptop that will not defrag properly. I am trying to clean it up so I can partition it and get it to boot faster . I have used O&O defrag with the option to check the disk for errors. It says it is running chdsk and after 61% it starts finding index errors and displays these.

I then run chkdsk myself and let it reboot as it wants C: to itself and it finds no errors at all. Run the defrag and the errors are there.

If I run the defrag without the check it runs for nearly an hour to about 40% and then jumps to 100% and all done and the drive is no better that it was. It says 7 files fragged with 28% fragmentation. It is really slowing down the boot times.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel Q9550
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45T-EXTREME
    Memory
    2x2GB Cosair DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte GV-N28-1GH-B GTX 280, 1024MB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP LP2475w 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 750GB Segate SATAII as a RAID0
    PSU
    Enermax Galaxy, 1000W, Active PFC
    Case
    Zalman Z-Machine GT1000
    Cooling
    Air
    Mouse
    Standard
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Internet Speed
    1MB
What happens if you defrag using Vista's tool?
*EDIT * r u using the 64-bit O&O? What version #?
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
Yes using the 64bit version. Using V8.6 of O&O defrag as I was told later versions do not work the same and does not help FSX in anyway. It certainly works fine on my other desktop PC.
Tried using the Windows Defrag and it was going for hours and when I cancelled it and took a look it was no better than when it started.
This is not a slow machine with 6GB memory and a C2D 9700 CPU at 2.8Ghz so would not expect it to take to loong to defrag 85GB of files on C
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel Q9550
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45T-EXTREME
    Memory
    2x2GB Cosair DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte GV-N28-1GH-B GTX 280, 1024MB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP LP2475w 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 750GB Segate SATAII as a RAID0
    PSU
    Enermax Galaxy, 1000W, Active PFC
    Case
    Zalman Z-Machine GT1000
    Cooling
    Air
    Mouse
    Standard
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Internet Speed
    1MB
Well finally got the issue. It was recovery points. My drive usage had gone to about 130GB for just a fresh Vista Ultimate 64 install. Tracked down the issue using a cluster inspector and saw all the huge files in System Volume Information.
Turned off restore and wham the drive space was back, the errors gone, and the defrag that actually worked.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Homebuilt
    CPU
    Intel Q9550
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte GA-EP45T-EXTREME
    Memory
    2x2GB Cosair DDR3
    Graphics card(s)
    Gigabyte GV-N28-1GH-B GTX 280, 1024MB
    Sound Card
    Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP LP2475w 24" LCD
    Screen Resolution
    1900x1200
    Hard Drives
    2 x 750GB Segate SATAII as a RAID0
    PSU
    Enermax Galaxy, 1000W, Active PFC
    Case
    Zalman Z-Machine GT1000
    Cooling
    Air
    Mouse
    Standard
    Keyboard
    Standard
    Internet Speed
    1MB
Very good!
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    AMD AM2 6000+
    Motherboard
    Nvidia M2N-E SLI
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce 7600GT
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    WD
    Case
    Cooler Master
    Cooling
    Three fans
    Mouse
    Dell Optical
    Keyboard
    Dell Quietkey
    Internet Speed
    10 MBPS
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