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DANGER - if you haven't defragged in 2 years, and there's a possibility
your drive might have some errors, you are headed for trouble.
Defragging a bad disk could very well be destructive, because you are
utilizing 80 to 90% of the disk that perhaps has been unused (read:
untested) for a very long time.

I bought an old laptop with a bad drive, (did NOT know it was bad), ran
defrag, and voila - instant and fatal crash.

Point I'm making, a bad drive can disguise itself as a good drive up
until the point that you try a defrag, then all goes to pot.

Back Up Your Data First.

Then, follow the advice of the other poster, and do this weekly.
Drives sometimes fail gracefully, and if you defrag often, you're
likely to detect problem spots before they become cataclysmic.

Doesn't hurt, just ensure ALL programs are closed and you're not using
computer. Then run it; you may find some performance improvement.

John
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"Michael M" <> wrote in message
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> I have win xp home. The computer is 2 years old.
>
> Does it do any good to run " disk defrag "
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Michael
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>

"John Spieo (MSCE)" <> wrote in message
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> Doesn't hurt, just ensure ALL programs are closed and you're not using
> computer. Then run it; you may find some performance improvement.
>
> John
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> "Michael M" <> wrote in message
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>> I have win xp home. The computer is 2 years old.
>>
>> Does it do any good to run " disk defrag "
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Michael
>>
Also Mike, defrag in `Safe` mode. OK ?.