This Don't Look Good, Charlie
My defrag utility popped up, saying I have not-too-many fragmented files, did I want to run the program while I went for another cup of coffee. Sure, why not. I come back a few minutes later to find the graphic display of my hard drive shows that more than 50 GIGABYTES! of my hard drive appear to be filled with an unbroken block of RED indicating fragmented files. My available space has suddenly gone from 85 Gig to 34 Gig.
I may be wrong, but seems to me we got some serious problems. Norton DiskDoctor has done its thing, and doesn't seem to see any problems.
Is the hard drive going wonky? Is it FireFox or its extensions, which is the only new program installed since the last defrag showed nothing out of the ordinary?
I have this sinking feeling I'm going to spend a long time on the phone with Dell Tech Support. If it's not the hardware, they'll say "sorry, Charlie, we can't help ya."
So if Fragments disappears for a day or a week, you'll know why. It's in fragments. Whimper.
Comments
But fragments are not replicated bits of other files that require more space. They're simply portions of files that have been stored in non-contiguous locations. No cause for alarm. A fragmented file loads a bit slower than a fully contiguous file, that's all.
Posted by: Reno | June 29, 2004 10:38 AM
I doubt it's firefox. I've been using it for some time without problems.
if it was ok before you ran the defrag, then I would think that maybe the defrag program just didn't clean up after itself. maybe left temporary files?
--Jeremiah
Posted by: Jeremiah | June 29, 2004 10:28 PM
if it's temporary files you can try running the disk cleanup wizard.
open "my computer" right click on the drive in question and select "properties" the option is there.
--Jeremiah
Posted by: Jeremiah | June 29, 2004 10:33 PM