Re: How often to defragment?


"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"beevale" <beevale@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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How often should the defragmenting tool be used - whenever I have
analysed the possibilities of using it I am advised that I do not
need to defragment this volume - yet I have also read it is good
policy to defragment system frequently.

My hard drives are all NTFS, so I defrag every year or two.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM


Yes my hard drives are NTFS so thanks for your advice everyone!


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