Cannot defrag AVI files

[NightHawk_450]

I do a defrag under windows xp....when it finishes I view the report, only to find that all .AVI files are still fragmented.....so I run a check disk, and try again.......Same deal......does anyone know how I can defrag these files? this is a real hassel.....thanks

 

[cpugeniusmv]

if you don't have very much free space on the drive...that's why.

if you want to defrag all files, you have to have a significant amount of free space to "work with"

 

[NightHawk_450]

have enough space......25 gigs.......

 

[Perris Calderon]

try to move the file that's not defragging;

Click the right mouse button and drag the file to its new location. When you release the mouse button, Windows pops up a menu from which you can choose whether you want to copy, move, or create a shortcut to the target file.

a move will put the file in a differant location on the disc

see if that does anything

 

[cpugeniusmv]

Originally posted by dealer
try to move the file that's not defragging;

Click the right mouse button and drag the file to its new location. When you release the mouse button, Windows pops up a menu from which you can choose whether you want to copy, move, or create a shortcut to the target file.

a move will put the file in a differant location on the disc

see if that does anything

that only works when moving it from one disk to another, if you move a file to a different folder, it just tells the OS that the same data in the same place physically is in a different folder.