Can't defrag a Truecrypt 'Drive'

Greetings all..

I don't know if this was the case on Win8, but I've updated my box to Win8.1. I have a 250Gb Truecrypt file as my 'Documents stash' which I mount as a separate drive.

On Win 7 I could defrag this but on 8.1 the drive is greyed out not giving me chance to defrag it.
Can anyone help with this please?

(See attached screenshots from Win 7 HP & 8.1 Core)

Hi,

Is the X: drive a solid state drive? if so Windows 8 will display such a message as solid state drives do not require defragging.

Cheers,
Harry

Harrylowt said:

Hi,

Is the X: drive a solid state drive? if so Windows 8 will display such a message as solid state drives do not require defragging.

Cheers,
Harry

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No, the X drive is the mounted Truecrypt archive. It is called 'My Documents' and it is 250Gb in size on a normal spinning HD.
Win8.1 doesn't allow me to defrag it as I can on Win7.

Hi allend66,

Sorry for slow reply been mental my end.

Please try running the defrag in the command line. You will see how to do it in this tutorial:

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/8615-optimize-drives-defrag-hdd-trim-ssd-windows-8-a.html

Please post results

Cheers,
Harry