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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

Additional Resources

defrag MFT
Hey, How's it goin'?'Just wondering what tools or hacks are available for defragmenting the Master File Table? (2 fragments).Thanks a lot,Jim
Tags: el2sava1@...
Discussion threads 2007-02-20
UltimateDefrag 2008 (exe)
UltimateDefrag lets you defrag and optimize your hard drive any way you want to. Hard drive file use adheres to the Pareto Rule of 80/20. 80% of the time you only use 20% of the files on your hard drive. UltimateDefrag lets you place those unused files out of the...
Tags: Hard Drive, DiskTrix
Software downloads 2008-05-22
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
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
Quick Recovery for Windows FAT & NTFS (exe)
Quick Recovery for FAT and NTFS is a non-destructive, simple and easy to use data recovery software, supports all types of media EIDE, IDE/ATA, WDC, SCSI, iSCSI, SATA, PATA, PAN, ZIP, USB, Micro Drives, DigitalMedia, having multi-disk & multi-lingual support, simulates previously existing partitions and is read-only. The program will...
Tags: NTFS, Data Recovery, Recovery, Microsoft Windows, Partition, Serial ATA, Storage Management, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
Software downloads 2006-10-05
Fast File Undelete (zip)
Recovers file which have been deleted and emptied from or bypassed the Recycle Bin or deleted from DOS. This program requires no installation eliminating accidentally overwriting data. Completely portable executable. All recovery is preformed in memory first.Version 5.03225.05 provides two scan processes using indexing, MFT, or FAT.
Tags: RECYCLE BIN
Software downloads 2005-12-19
Flobo CHK identifier (rar)
One of the problems running scandisk is that if it finds FAT chains or MFT records without any corresponding files, it creates its own set of files, typically in the format File0001.chk file0002.chk etc in the folder named FOUND. When there are only a few files it is possible to...
Tags: Nightmare
Software downloads 2006-04-10
Connect Cisco 2600 to NEC ASPILA-EX PBX
How can I connect Cisco MFT-1T to NEC ASPILA-EX PBX system
Tags: hardware, NEC Electronics Corp., networking, PBX, rchan@...
Discussion threads 2007-01-08
Puran Defrag (exe)
Automatic Defragmentation which means you will never have to worry about fragmented disks, Low priority defragmentation which means you can now work on your system while defragmentation is going on, System Optimization, which means it moves frequently used files to the faster disk area, which improves performance. Version 4 Boot...
Tags: Disk, Defragmentation
Software downloads 2007-12-26
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
The Effects of Disk Fragmentation on System Reliability Technical White Paper
This white paper addresses the impact of disk fragmentation on system reliability. In short, disk fragmentation decreases system reliability, in some cases rendering a system unstable or provoking errors in operation. Running Diskeeper the Number One Automatic Defragmenter to defragment system files, particularly the MFT and Page File, increases system...
Tags: System Reliability, Disk, Diskeeper Corp.
White papers
Lost Important Files on Windows XP
Hi,I got this message when I tryed toopen a folder in Drive F: off a hard drive I took out of my broken desktop and used a sata power adaptor USB to IDE to read the files on my laptop and hoping to copy them:WINDOWS - DELAYED WRITE FAILED Windows...
Tags: hardware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, programming, software, vincetheswede@..., windows
Discussion threads 2007-01-12
Delayed write failure
Whenever I try to copy data to hitachi 80 GB external hard disk from my computer i get a error "Error - delayed write file .windows was unable to save all the data for the file E:/$Mft.The data has been lost" and after that the disk get disconnected .I...
Tags: vivekshetty_cec@...
Discussion threads 2007-10-18
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