VanguardLH wrote:
> "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?

This begs the question: just how much is the MTBF reduced by running a
defrag more often? I'm not sure anyone has collected the data to really
know. I bet its impact is minimal, however, in practical terms.