Dale you're going to have to paste this into Notepad, then 'copy' from it and paste it into an email. All those "=3D" marks are rich text or HTML type formatting that won't work at the list. If you need the formatting, then send it to me off list and I can find a way for others to see it. If the formatting is NOT important and all you need to know about is that one line; that just means there are 4 files that can't be defragmented which is normal. On many HD's there are several files that can't be defrag'd. If what you're specifically asking about is those =3D marks and they are showing up like that in the log report, you got me. I've never seen those before in the log report (of the NATIVE XP defrag program, or another Diskeeper version). If so, what are you using to defrag? XP's Native program is made by Diskeeper, I just a slightly different version of Diskeeper, and my report (=3D not withstanding) looks nothing like that. -Clint God Bless Clint Hamilton, Owner http://www.OrpheusComputing.com http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale E. Heltzer" I don't understand the File Fragmentation line "total excess fragments = =3D 4" Is this a problem with the drive? Something that a CheckDisk should fix? TIA =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =EF=BB=BFVolume Home (C:) Volume size =3D 149 GB Cluster size =3D 4 KB Used space =3D 23.50 GB Free space =3D 126 GB Percent free space =3D 84 % Volume fragmentation Total fragmentation =3D 0 % File fragmentation =3D 0 % Free space fragmentation =3D 0 % File fragmentation Total files =3D 72,491 Average file size =3D 500 KB Total fragmented files =3D 1 Total excess fragments =3D 4 Average fragments per file =3D 1.00 Pagefile fragmentation Pagefile size =3D 2.00 GB Total fragments =3D 1 Folder fragmentation Total folders =3D 3,479 Fragmented folders =3D 1 Excess folder fragments =3D 0 Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation Total MFT size =3D 75 MB MFT record count =3D 76,227 Percent MFT in use =3D 99 % Total MFT fragments =3D 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented None =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D ========================= The list's FAQ's can be seen by sending an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with FAQ in the subject line. To unsubscribe, subscribe, set Digest or Vacation to on or off, go to //www.freelists.org/list/pcworks . You can also send an email to PCWorks-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with Unsubscribe in the subject line. Your member list settings can be found at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi/l=pcworks . Once logged in, you have access to numerous other email options. The list archives are located at //www.freelists.org/archives/pcworks/ . All email posted to the list will be placed there in the event anyone needs to look for previous posts.