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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: kirantella on October 14, 2009, 11:53:41 PM

Title: defragment
Post by: kirantella on October 14, 2009, 11:53:41 PM

will the defragmentation remove any useful files?

Title: Re: defragment
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on October 15, 2009, 12:22:45 AM

Nope. Perfectly safe - and recommend.

Title: Re: defragment
Post by: Allan on October 15, 2009, 05:38:54 AM

Defragmenting does not REmove files, it simply MOVES them so they occupy contiguous space on the hd and can be read more quickly by the OS.