17% fragmented; but won't defrag?

[jnick]

Hey guys,

I just built my new system, and as I had in my previous build, I installed O&O Degrager.

As I always do, anytime I get a new motherboard, I'll format my system. Everything was fine - I installed all of my programs, then attempted to defrag. It showed I had 37% fragmentation. So I defragged. when it was done, it's now showing 17%, but no matter how many times I defrag, it will NOT change. I look at the log file, and all the fragments are mainly windows files, so it says - it also lists them under "locked" files.

However, if I open up the windows defragmentation utility, it shows I have 0% fragmentation. I'm not quite understanding what;s the issue . . .

I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling O&O - no dice.

I was thinking about throwing diskkeeper in just to see if it picks up 17% or 0% fragmentation - what do you guys think?

Thanks!

 

[Toytown]

I havent used O&O defrag, but if there locked files, then the only way to defrag them is to use boottime defrag mode, it should be an option in there application. More than likely its some important windows files or the pagefile which is defragmented, but the boottime option should fix it.

 

[jnick]

Thanks for the help . . . that did the trick!