![]() This can actually improve performance compared with if those file locations were recorded in the original more remote MFT location, but the drive will look as though it needs defragmenting. Diskeeper pro does it on auto defrag mode (Diskeeper has an option for freespace consolidation.), but if you enable it's fragmentation prevention feature called 'intelliwrite', then it will not consolidate all of the free space, instead it will optimize file distribution to minimize future file fragmentation from file modification. If this happens, the defragmenter will place the files closest to the fragment of the MFT they reference, so head movements will be smaller in accessing those files. ![]() Also, as the drive fills, the MFT may be expanded into more than one piece (a fragmented MFT). There is an area ahead of it that files will not move into (to allow the MFT to expand), so this will often appear to be non-contiguous free space. The Sysinternals Contig utility locates the MFT (Master File Table) part-way into the drive to enhance performance, and its size is dynamic. ![]()
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