Fiddler wrote:
> That as bad as being told not to turn the pc off because it will break it
> "rick s" <ricks@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> 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?
>>
>
>
Defrag only when necessary.
Now define "necessary." <g>

One solution is to use the command line:
defrag <drive> -a -v (-a for analyze only, -v for verbose)
which will quickly tell you how defragmented your drive is and the MS
suggestion as to whether defragging is recommended or not.

Bill