Windows 10: System 38% fragmented, will not optimize

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  1. DARCIEJONES
    DarcieJones Win User

    System 38% fragmented, will not optimize


    My computer shows the system is 38% fragmented, will not optimize, and I have already made sure I have the most current updates for Windows 10. I need help to get the system to optimize.

    :)
     
    DarcieJones, Oct 25, 2020
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  2. EARNESTZ
    Earnestz Win User

    Partition 38% fragmented

    Hello,

    I use Norton security to defragment my hard drive. When I first tried that, it optimized all partitions. One of the partitions took a litle longer as it was fragmented 16 percent. I aborted the optimization at a remaining fragmentation of 8 percent. Recently,
    I tried to optimize the C drive once again. However, neither Norton nor the Windows internal optimization feature let me optimize the Partition anymore. When I right click the drive and select properties, and then choose "Optimize" under the tools category
    Windows displays a 19 percent fragmentation for the system reserved partition. When I click "analyze" the fragmentation rises to 38 percent. Despite of the "Optimization necessary" note next to the drive nothing happens when I click optimize except for the
    38 percent going back to the regular 19.

    Norton doesn't work either. It only tells me the following: "1 file optimized. Started with 38% fragmentation, finished with 19."

    I also noticed that I have two system reserved partitions of whom one is 100% empty (OEM partition ?, 0% fragmentation). The other one is the heavily fragmented Windows 10 system partition. I upgraded from Windows 7 and used system restore multiple times.

    I know that you are supposed to leave the System reserved partition alone but I don't understand why Windows would display an "optimization necessary" notification if that were the case.

    Thank you for your help!
     
    Earnestz, Oct 25, 2020
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  3. DAVIDLOUCKS2
    DavidLoucks2 Win User
    System fragmentation 29%, will not optimize.

    System fragmentation 29%. Will not optimize.
     
    DavidLoucks2, Oct 25, 2020
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  4. SKIP3119
    skip3119 Win User

    System 38% fragmented, will not optimize

    Needs Optimization (100% fragmented)

    After I saw 76% fragmented (System), so I chose to optimize. And this is what I saw after optimization. Got worse.

    System Hard disk drive Needs Optimization (100% fragmented)

    *** So, it was 76% fragmented, after optimizing it became 100% fragmented. It was bad, enough but it got much worse. Did optimization, again and again, didn't do any good. ***

    What to do? Sure need help. The computer seems to be working fine.

    Thanks,

    Skip
     
    skip3119, Oct 25, 2020
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