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MFT help

jimbob200521

jimbob200521

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I've got Windows XP Pro, and I just got done doing a clean install + all of my program's and games. When I got done with that, I fired up Diskkeeper and let that run through, but it keeps coming up with an error saying "The MFT usage is currently 99 percent of the total MFT size, which indicates it is likely the MFT will become fragmented." Is this something I should worry about? I've never had this warning come up for me before.

Thanks
 
It just means the MFT is almost full and will have to be expanded soon if you keep adding files to the filesystem, chances are you won't notice anything.
 
Originally posted by: Nothinman
Except for the fact that it's not an issue because Windows should expand the MFT on it's own.
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Exactly! And, occasionally the MFT system files need to be defragged - that is done off line on a reboot (with a good defrag program.)

 
Exactly! And, occasionally the MFT system files need to be defragged - that is done off line on a reboot (with a good defrag program.)
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I really doubt any fragmentation of the MFT is going to cause any performance problems.
 
I wholly agree but - there is always the relentless pursuit of perfection.
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But defragmented everything isn't perfection, unless you're just talking about the little drive layout display and then I can write you a tool to display a pretty graph for you if you want =)
 
That's true - but then, your pretty graph does not represent the truth, does it?

 
As one who works in a large multi-user environment with Citrix and Terminal servers, I'm here to tell to you that MFTs do get fragmented and that server performance can benefit significantly from a good defragmentation program being implemented, like Diskeeper.
 
That's true - but then, your pretty graph does not represent the truth, does it?
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The ones presented by defrag tools don't either. They're just there to make you feel good for having paid for their product. There's no way they can really judge how fragmentation will affect performance, XP's boot cache thing is proof that properly fragmented files can help performance instead of hinder it.
 
Guys, if Diskkeeper doesn't tell you it's fixing something there is no reason for you to own it.

Search this forum on diskeeper threads. There are tons of people reporting that "Diskeeper tells me I need to <blah blah>".

I'm sure it's a nice defrag program, but use it with some common sense.
 
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