Expanding 'Master File Table'?

brownstonemr · Dec 17, 2004, 11:10 AM

I have 25% free space on my hardrive (60gb). Every time I run Diskeeper and analyze my drive is says that I should expand my MFT because 85% of it is being used and it will become fragmented rather quickly I assume.

It reccomends I run Frag Shield (included with Diskeeper) to expand the size. Current MFT size is 95000 file records (93mb) with 85% used.

I already expanded it from 88000 to 95000. Should I expand it more or just leave it???

I have run a boot time defrag, offline MFT and Pagefile defrag. However I still get this caution.

Any info would be appreciated.

pr0digal jenius · Dec 17, 2004, 01:12 PM

I'd set it to 100MBs...but I'm not exactly sure how much heed I'd give warnings like that

PangingJr · Dec 19, 2004, 06:55 PM

i've not yet tried this version, but i think, you'll have to use its Frag Shield's recommendation or increase the number of file recodes, otherwise it won't stop warning. or often warning if you don't give it enough room..

and AFAIK, all of the defrag software requires some free space to operate, the Diskeeper used to use about 20% free space to run, and it can not use the free space inside of the MFT reserved zone either (the size of MFT reserved zone is approximately 12.5 % of your disk space, by default.) ! may be all of these has been changed now in this new version. or i could be wrong.

and you have low avail free space on the disk, with the number that also include the space of the MFT reserved zone.
if you keep adding more files to the disk, i'd not sure how long you can use this defrag software.

blah · Dec 26, 2004, 02:25 AM

it works good. I have it and it really increases search performance and lessens fragmentation.

Dec 17, 2004, 11:10 AM	#1
brownstonemr DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 99 Rep Power: 0	Expanding 'Master File Table'? I have 25% free space on my hardrive (60gb). Every time I run Diskeeper and analyze my drive is says that I should expand my MFT because 85% of it is being used and it will become fragmented rather quickly I assume. It reccomends I run Frag Shield (included with Diskeeper) to expand the size. Current MFT size is 95000 file records (93mb) with 85% used. I already expanded it from 88000 to 95000. Should I expand it more or just leave it??? I have run a boot time defrag, offline MFT and Pagefile defrag. However I still get this caution. Any info would be appreciated.

Dec 17, 2004, 01:12 PM	#2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	I'd set it to 100MBs...but I'm not exactly sure how much heed I'd give warnings like that

Dec 19, 2004, 06:55 PM	#3
PangingJr Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,989 Rep Power: 71	i've not yet tried this version, but i think, you'll have to use its Frag Shield's recommendation or increase the number of file recodes, otherwise it won't stop warning. or often warning if you don't give it enough room.. and AFAIK, all of the defrag software requires some free space to operate, the Diskeeper used to use about 20% free space to run, and it can not use the free space inside of the MFT reserved zone either (the size of MFT reserved zone is approximately 12.5 % of your disk space, by default.) ! may be all of these has been changed now in this new version. or i could be wrong. and you have low avail free space on the disk, with the number that also include the space of the MFT reserved zone. if you keep adding more files to the disk, i'd not sure how long you can use this defrag software.

Dec 26, 2004, 02:25 AM	#4
blah DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 78 Rep Power: 0	it works good. I have it and it really increases search performance and lessens fragmentation.