defrag not working

When I run disk defrag the files are still completely separated. Instead of 1
or 2 large blue blocks of files I have several dozen very thin blue lines and
my hard disk seems to be constant working furiously during routine
processing. Any suggestions to better layout the files on my disk for
smoother, faster processing or to make sure my defrag is working properly?
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jj

=?Utf-8?B?Sko=?= <JJ.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
news:5AB8A505-0101-4C18-9840-315060C49245@microsoft.com:

> When I run disk defrag the files are still completely separated.
> Instead of 1 or 2 large blue blocks of files I have several dozen
> very thin blue lines and my hard disk seems to be constant working
> furiously during routine processing. Any suggestions to better
> layout the files on my disk for smoother, faster processing or to
> make sure my defrag is working properly?
>

If your files were fragmented, you wouldn't be seeing blue lines, you'd
be seeing red lines. "Hard disk ... working furiously during routine
processing" is not always a sign of a defragmanted disk. Assuming that
you don't have any malware/viruses on your machine, the most likely
cause for this is that you have run out of RAM memory and your computer
has switched over to virtual (disk) memory. How much RAM does your
system have?

HTH,
John