fragmented system vol info files

[dennis m]

Using XP Home I constantly have System Volume
Information\_restore files massively scattered all over
drive C. Norton SpeedDisk has a hard job trying to
defrag them. Does it have to be this way? Can an area
be designated to store them contiguously? Any info
please.

[Greg Hayes/Raxco Software]

Dennis,

On Symantec's support site, there is a KB article that talks about SpeedDisk
and not being able to defragment System Restore files. Just one of it's
many limitations.

You might try running the built-in defragmenter and see if it is capable of
doing a better job (you may end up needing to boot into safe mode and
running from there). If that doesn't work to your satisfaction, you might
consider a 3rd party defragmenter that is more up to the "job".

- Greg/Raxco Software
Microsoft MVP - Windows Storage Management/File System

Disclaimer: I work for Raxco Software, the maker of PerfectDisk - a
commercial defrag utility, as a systems engineer in the support department.





"dennis m" > wrote in message
...
> Using XP Home I constantly have System Volume
> Information\_restore files massively scattered all over
> drive C. Norton SpeedDisk has a hard job trying to
> defrag them. Does it have to be this way? Can an area
> be designated to store them contiguously? Any info
> please.