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PartitionMagic will not be of help. It would see the partition and allow
you to resize or delete it, but it is not a defragger.

I use PerfectDisk for defragging, and it does not see the recovery partition
on my IBM.

Your "system" disk is almost certainly C:. That will be where the system
files live (Windows directory, etc). If you defrag C: and D: I suspect your
fragmentation reports will go away.

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lanman" <who1012000@yahoo.com>
To: <ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 1:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ExcelVBA] Off topic

Hi David,

I am not certain where System resides. It could be part of the C drive,
there is not an indication in Defrag. I will take a look at the program you
mentioned. PartitionMagic and see if it might be of help.

Thanks,
David

From: David Smart <smartware.consulting@gmail.com>
To: ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ExcelVBA] Off topic

On my IBM X40 laptop there is a system recovery partition which is not part
of the normal accessible disk space. This sounds similar to what you have.

I can see that partition using PartitionMagic, and would certainly be able
to change it from that program, but I don't see it from the PerfectDisk
defragger or any Windows utilities.

That said, though, this partition would not ever report fragmentation,
because it's not a normal part of the file system.

Are you sure it was that system partition that reported the fragmentation,
or was it possibly your "system" partition C:?

(By the way, your D: is labelled as HP_Recovery, but it sounds as though
it's just an ordinary disk partition, seeing it has a drive letter.
However, that one should not be thinking of itself as "system".)

Regards, Dave S

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Lanman" <who1012000@yahoo.com>
To: <ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ExcelVBA] Off topic

Hi Gil,

At least from Windows Defrag, I am unable to even do an analysis. Might it
be possible to see what is going on from the dos prompt?

I do not know how much free space there is.

Thanks,
David

From: Gil <kgcrafts@gmail.com>
To: ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 5:30 PM
Subject: RE: [ExcelVBA] Off topic

David,

It's possible you don't have enough free space to defrag the partition. You
need between 12% and 15% free space to defrag. Do you have that amount of
space free? If so, try using Defraggler - which allows you to pick whichever
partition you want defragged.

HTH

Gil

From: ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of David
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:34 PM
To: ExcelVBA@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ExcelVBA] Off topic

Hi Group,

I thought someone in the group might know how to degrag a System partition.
I have an HP that appears to have 3 partions, OS (C:), HP_Recovery(D:) and
System (no drive designation).

The other day the System partition came up saying it was (6% fragmented),
but I am unable to Defrag it, either during a scheduled or manual defrag.
Any ideas?

Thanks,
David

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