"rick s" wrote in
<news:4C4390A7-08CB-4E70-9695-FF9880DA1801@microsoft.com>:

> Someone told me that the more you run disk defrg the better chance of
> destroying your hard drive. Is this true?

The more activity, the more wear, just like the more you use your
bicycle the more likely the chain will break. So, do you not use your
hard disk at all between these defrags? You power up, do a defrag, and
then power down until the next time you defrag?