O&O Defrag 17 User's Guide - O&O Software

Technical informationSyntax/WAITKEYDescriptionWaits for a keystroke before ending the command line program (once the operation hasended).Status notices and program outputResults logging of the defragmentationO&O Defrag logs the start and stop times of defragmentation runs as well as any errors encountered. These arerecorded according to the systems’ own settings for application logging.How to start the event viewer when running Windows:• To open the Event Viewer, please go to the Control Panel of your computer and select AdministrativeTools/Event Viewer.Notifications of boot time defragmentationThe chart below contains a list of all notifications possible during boot time defragmentation and their correspondingexplanations.Output Type ExplanationDrive could notbe openedFile could not beopenedNot enoughspace to moveCould not bemovedMFT could notbe defragmentedNot enoughspace to movethe MFTCould not writeto partitionAttribute error inthe MFT. Pleasestart chkdsk.ERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORERRORThe given drive could not be found by the system, or the file system is not supported.The given file could not be found, is encrypted or has been exclusively locked bythe system.Contiguous free space is required to move a file somewhere else on the disk, andthis amount of space must be at least as large as the file. Defragmentation cannottake place because there is not enough free space available.The defragmentation failed because of problems with the file system. The file is fragmented.The defragmentation of the MFT failed because of problems with the file system. Itis still fragmented.In order to defragment the MFT, contiguous free space at least as large as the MFTmust be available. The defragmentation cannot take place because there is notenough free space available.During the MFT defragmentation a file system error occurred which blocked writingon the disk. The MFT has not been changed. The drive should be checked forerrors.Erroneous entries in the MFT were found during the defragmentation. The driveshould be checked for errors.O&O Defrag - 68