Why can't I defragment this volume?

[Andreos]

I am running Windows XP Home on a recent build. The OS is installed on the C:/ partition on the main hard drive. The defrag utility seems to run OK, issues no errors, but says the drive must be defragmented even immediately after defragging.

I even moved the pagefile off the C:\ volume and defragged, and it did not help. Below is the report generated by the defrag program without the pagefile on the volume. It makes no sense to me that it reports files are 39% fragmented and the volume is 19% fragmented when there is only 1 fragmented file on the volume (the MFT).

Can anyone shed some light on this? Could it have something to do with the "excess fragment"? What is that anyway?

Thanks in advance for whatever assistance... Andreos

Volume System (C
Volume size = 23.44 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 8.19 GB
Free space = 15.25 GB
Percent free space = 65 %

Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 19 %
File fragmentation = 39 %
Free space fragmentation = 0 %

File fragmentation
Total files = 32,026
Average file size = 340 KB
Total fragmented files = 1
Total excess fragments = 1
Average fragments per file = 1.00

Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 0 bytes
Total fragments = 0

Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 3,289
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0

Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 38 MB
MFT record count = 35,356
Percent MFT in use = 91 %
Total MFT fragments = 2

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Fragments File Size Most fragmented files
None

 

[Andreos]

Hey! I solved this one myself. It was the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys). This file is rather large on my system, since I have 4GB of RAM. And the Windows Defrag program does not defragment it! I turned off Hibernation (which gets rid of the hiberfil.sys file) and the fragmentation dropped to zero. Maybe this will help someone else along the line!