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Q. Often when I go to defrag my computer, I have to analyze the drive first to see if it needs to be defragged. Most of the time it says it doesn’t need to be. Is it OK to defrag anyway? Will it hurt ...

Search "defrag" from the Windows taskbar and select the Defragment and Optimize Drives option when it appears. This will open the Optimize Drives window, which will list all the drives in your ...

Q A friend of mine suggested that I "defragment" my computer every once in a while. He says it will boost performance, but he also said it will move my data around. I tend to be very organized as to ...

I have a WD 120 gig 7200rpm hd thats my main drive. I guess my scheduled defragging using norton systemworks has been slackin or something because somehow my disk is 97% fragmented. which explains why ...

I'm running Win2k+SP2,NTFS on a P2400 laptop and i was wondering if excessive defragging will compromise my HD's integrity. If, for some reason, i abort the defrag because i have to leave the house ...

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