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How would I reduce the size of the MFT reserved zone below 12.5%

On a 160 gig HD, a reserved space of 12.5 percent is far more reserved space than I ever expect the MFT to grow to. How can I reduce this reserved space below the 12.5 percent mark in XP?I don't know how to do that without...using an extraneous program,...

Tags: normhaga@..., MFT

Discussion threads 2007-09-04

Is there a way to move the MFT in Vista (via Diskeeper)?

I am running Windows Vista Business on my laptop. I would like to shrink the 75 GB partition (max size on an 80 GB HDD) down to 60 GB, so I have 15 GB left for Linux. The one thing limiting me is the MFT. GParted and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), roadgeek9, MFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Diskeeper Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Is there a way to move the MFT in Vista (via Diskeeper)?

I am running Windows Vista Business on my laptop. I would like to shrink the 75 GB partition (max size on an 80 GB HDD) down to 60 GB, so I have 15 GB left for Linux. The one thing limiting me is the MFT. GParted and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), roadgeek9, MFT, Microsoft Windows Vista, Diskeeper Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-17

Get information about Windows 2003 Server disk volumes with NTFSInfo

What's going on with your Windows Server 2003's NTFS volumes? Scott Lowe talks about Sysinternals' NTFSInfo utility, which can provide you with nearly everything you'd want to know about each and every one of your volumes. How many of you are running something other than NTFS on your Windows...

Tags: NTFS, Microsoft Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Server, NTFSInfo, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Scott Lowe MCSE, server, disk, MFT Information, Volume Size, Windows Server 2003 Tips Newsletter, Sysinternals, MFT, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Technical articles 2007-03-13

MFT padding - diskeeper - 3.7Gb???

Hi, I noticed some discussion on this forum and hope someone could explain this.I used a current version of Diskeeper Frag Shield to pad the MFT as it advised. Ok on a couple of partitions, but one one, I noticed a huge amount of System reserved space.This turned out to...

Tags: dal765@..., MFT

Discussion threads 2007-01-28

missing / duplicate drive

My setup:A Seagate ATA 120GBB Seagate ATA 120GBC Seagate SATA 400GB on Promise SATAII150 TX4I used the Seagate Diagnostic to test drive C, the drive passed the surface scan but failed the file structure test. Therefore, I assume that its not a physical problem but a software problem. The drive...

Tags: drive, drive-I, failure, files, hardware, MFT, missing, ntfs, promise, recover, sata, seagate, Seagate Technology LLC, shdwsclan@...

Discussion threads 2005-11-25

MFT too large

On my second partition of my harddisk, the size of the MFT is 1.5GB with 5% of usage. How to reclaim the reserved space back?I use Win XP Pro SP2 with NTFS file system.maybe nowaddays there is defrag for this built into xp. but back in the day tease we...

Tags: MFT

Q&A 2005-07-01

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DEFRAG $MFT AND FILE ERASURE

Hey all,Help me settle a bet...It's my contention that if you: 1) delete a file (say... a word document or a temp file) 2) use a good erase utility and 3) defrag the $mft properly then ...

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

$MFT & FILE ERASURE

Hey All,Help me settle a bet...It's my contention thatif you: delete a file (say... a word document or a temp file) and use a really good erase/overwrite utility (I personally use "ERASER") and defrag the $mft properly then there will be no evidence that a given file ever existed on...

Tags: hard drive, Platter

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Corrupt MFT on NTFS disk

I recently made a backup of my friend's media collection on her PC as she was getting rid of it in favour of a new Apple Mac. This data along with a lot of my data was on my 250GB portable harddisk NTFS.I lent her the disk to take what...

Tags: disk, NTFS

Discussion threads 2008-08-09

Windows Defrag only reduced fragmentation from 67% to 66%

Can anyone enlighten me as to why Windows Defrag only got fragmentation down from 67% to 66%? Will running it multiple times bring it down more?Heres is the log that was generated:Windows Disk DefragmenterCopyright c 2003 Microsoft Corp. and Executive Software International, Inc.Analysis Report ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, fragmentation, fragment, Total MFT, PageFile, Master File Table

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

Increase XP NTFS performance

A lot of things go into making a workstation operate at peak performance. Much of it, such as the amount of RAM in the system, the CPU speed, or the speed of the system's hard drive, is hardware-controlled. However, there are other aspects of the operating system that can impact...

Tags: workstation, FAT System, Value at Risk, John Sheesley, FAT, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, file system, NTFS, performance

Technical articles 2004-04-14

File systems 101: NTFS

In my previous article on FAT file systems,I went over the details of the ubiquitous FAT file system. In this article, I'lldelve into Microsoft's other—and better utilized—file system, NTFS.Remember, I'm not going todelve so deeply into the concepts that your eyes glaze over! If you're a filesystem programmer, this article...

Tags: file system, Microsoft Corp., NTFS, Scott Lowe MCSE

Technical articles 2006-07-06

Get IT Done: Rev up those drives with either Diskeeper 6.0 or Windows 2000 Disk Defragmenter

Read this overview of disk fragmentation and then learn how to use both Diskeeper 6.0 and Windows 2000 Disk Defragmentor.Even though workstation administration is a never-ending task for support technicians, you can find software out there that will reduce the amount of time you spend doing monotonous tasks such as...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Steven Pittsley CNE, File Fragmentation, Microsoft Windows 2000, disk defragmenter, defragmenter, Get IT Done, disk, fragmentation, Master File Table, Diskeeper Corp.

Technical articles 2001-11-14

Running Multiple Disk Quotas Policies

Do anyone know of a way to create multiple disk quotas policies in Active Directory. We are running Windows 2003 server and want to create 2 policies to run on each server. One for students and one for teachers. The problem we are having is that the last one applies....

Tags: disk quota, disk, master file table, administrator

Discussion threads 2008-08-14

Checkdisk log

When booting up in Win2K, a machine will run chkdsk.exe when it suspects disk errors, does it create a log file and if so where does it write it to and what is it called?Windows 2000Here are some examples of chkdsk output for a cluster server that is running a...

Tags: allocation unit, disk, KB, kld@...

Q&A 2005-06-22

Virtual Memory Low

Hi All,I have a system with winxp ,sp2 , Hardware-p4 1.8,128 MB , 40 GB.It shows sometimes vurtual memory too low and it get too slow. Pls tell me how to get rid of this virtual memory low and how do I free some Virtual memory for the same.Initial sige...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, memory, RAM

Q&A 2006-05-12

Wanted: Effective and FAST XP Defragger

Wanted: Effective and FAST XP DefraggerWhatever happened to the good old days when Norton Speed Disk could defrag your 40 gig hard drive in less than 10 minutes rather than closer to an hour, compress all your free space and would link into Disk Doctor to fix any allocation errors?...

Tags: disk, hard drive, hardware, Microsoft Corp., PailR

Discussion threads 2005-05-17

Vonage--An IPO filing like it's 1999

Vonage--An IPO filing like it's 1999article rootVonage--An IPO filing like it's 1999Critics say profit-challenged Vonage will have a tough time convincing Wall Street that it's a good investment. Vonage recently filed for an IPO that could raise $250 million, but its "invest now to make money later" strategy is going...

Tags: Vonage Holdings Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-02-10

Optimize NTFS hard disk performance

At the heart of your Windows NT or Windows 2000 server’s file system is NTFS, short for the NT file system, the default file system for Microsoft Windows NT and 2000. NTFS controls where Windows NT/2000 locates files on the server’s hard drive. It also controls security and access privileges...

Tags: cluster, Derek C. Schauland, disk, file system, hard drive, Microsoft Corp., NTFS, performance

Technical articles 2003-01-09