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Thread ID: 79145	2007-05-09 13:06:00	File can't defrag	Faded_Mantis (79)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
548650	2007-05-09 13:06:00	Ok, I started in safe mode and did a defrag, in the same way I normally would. Since my last defrag I've installed Oblivion. At the end of the defrag it showed 2 files both belonging to oblivion that it couldn't defrag, both were scattered into around 1200 segments. So I booted into normal mode and defragged again, the smaller file (around 600mb) was defraged in normal mode, however I'm still left with the larger 1.13gb file which wont defrag. Oblivion>Data>Oblivion - Textures - Compressed.bsa 1.13gb That's the file. Any idea on how to defrag it?	Faded_Mantis (79)
548651	2007-05-09 13:54:00	Its a huge file, how much free space is on the drive? It might be easier to backup your gamesaves (Just in case) and un-install the program, defrag, then re-install it again :)	Chilling_Silence (9)
548652	2007-05-09 13:57:00	could possibly indicate that you have a lack of space on the hdd for the system to use to re-arrange the fragments ?	drcspy (146)
548653	2007-05-09 14:01:00	It's an 80gb HDD with 21.7gb free. Is this enough?	Faded_Mantis (79)
548654	2007-05-09 14:19:00	plenty of space..........the other thing to do is to slave the drive and defrag it while it's a slave in another puter that way there'll be no 'open' or 'inuse' files ....	drcspy (146)
548655	2007-05-09 14:37:00	Yea but a game file should be in use when the computer has been restarted several times since I last played it. I'll see if my mate will let me chuck it in his PC to try and defrag it. But I'd prefer to fix it with out having to remove it.	Faded_Mantis (79)
548656	2007-05-09 21:52:00	Burn it to DVD :D A simple un-install / re-install would be good, means that ALL the games files will be together on the HDD!	Chilling_Silence (9)
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