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Log file fragmentation
Name: Russ Phillips Date: November 29, 2002 at 01:57:42 Pacific OS: Win 2000 Pro CPU/Ram: P3/327
Comment:
When running defrag using Diskeeper there are several log files (list below) that do not defrag due to "Excess Allocation". Could someone please tell me why this happens, if it is potentially harmful and how to fix it?
Thanks, Russ.
\Documents and Settings\rphillip\ntuser.dat.LOG \WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG \WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG \WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG \WINNT\security\logs\scepol.log
Name: Harold de Vries Date: November 29, 2002 at 06:47:40 Pacific
Reply:
These files where being used whe you defragged, So diskkeeper couldn't defrag them! But they are all log files so it is not so bad, they are usually small files.
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Response Number 2
Name: Russ Date: November 29, 2002 at 08:42:28 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks Harold. Isn't there a way of disabling the logs, removing them and starting it up fresh?
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Response Number 3
Name: Rambler Date: November 30, 2002 at 04:09:03 Pacific
Reply:
You've got a few fragmented files - don't worry about it. they're infrequently used, and will have no impact on performance.
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