jungleexplorer
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Hi all, I am new to this forum and appreciate the help. Here is my problem.
I have a 250GB HD. It is partitioned into two partitions. One 60GB partition for windows and programs, and one 190GB partition for files (mp3's, pictures, video etc).
This installation of windows XP is only about 4 months old and the HD is about 8 months old. Everything has been running fine, but I have been experiencing a few program crashes on programs that have been working fine all along. When this happens the first thing I always do is run a system clean up utility (Norton System Works) and defragment my HD's. My C:/ (60GB) drive is showing 39% defragmented even after I ran a standard defragmention. I downloaded System Mechanics Pro and am trying to run a low level defragmentation. It has been running for over 72 hours and is only at 19% complete. This seems like an extraordinary long amount of time to defragment a 60GB partition, especially considering that there is over 20GB of free space on that partition.
I first tried to run the low level defrag with windows in normal mode, but after 6 hours and it had not progressed 1%, I stopped the defrag. I restarted my system in windows Safe Mode so that there would be nothing interfering with the defragmentaion process and tried again. It has now been running for 72 hours and I have not touched the system. The defrag is at 19 %. At this rate it may take weeks to complete the defrag.
Can anybody tell me a whether or not this is normal for a low level defrag, or if there is a better way to do this?
Here are my system stats
win XP home SP2
athlon 64X2 3800
1GB DDR 3200
250 GB HD (primary HD with two partitions)
160GB (Secondary HD with single partition).
Nvidia Geforce 6100LE Video card
I have a 250GB HD. It is partitioned into two partitions. One 60GB partition for windows and programs, and one 190GB partition for files (mp3's, pictures, video etc).
This installation of windows XP is only about 4 months old and the HD is about 8 months old. Everything has been running fine, but I have been experiencing a few program crashes on programs that have been working fine all along. When this happens the first thing I always do is run a system clean up utility (Norton System Works) and defragment my HD's. My C:/ (60GB) drive is showing 39% defragmented even after I ran a standard defragmention. I downloaded System Mechanics Pro and am trying to run a low level defragmentation. It has been running for over 72 hours and is only at 19% complete. This seems like an extraordinary long amount of time to defragment a 60GB partition, especially considering that there is over 20GB of free space on that partition.
I first tried to run the low level defrag with windows in normal mode, but after 6 hours and it had not progressed 1%, I stopped the defrag. I restarted my system in windows Safe Mode so that there would be nothing interfering with the defragmentaion process and tried again. It has now been running for 72 hours and I have not touched the system. The defrag is at 19 %. At this rate it may take weeks to complete the defrag.
Can anybody tell me a whether or not this is normal for a low level defrag, or if there is a better way to do this?
Here are my system stats
win XP home SP2
athlon 64X2 3800
1GB DDR 3200
250 GB HD (primary HD with two partitions)
160GB (Secondary HD with single partition).
Nvidia Geforce 6100LE Video card