Today, D. Spencer Hines made these interesting comments ...
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> Defrag and Backup on the machine I'm currently using take all
> of 30 minutes.
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> I initiate, control and monitor those processes.
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> I certainly don't sit there and watch the screen all the time.
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I only defrag C:\, about every 4-6 weeks. It takes hours, I don't
watch the grass grow, I do other things or watch TV. It ain't a
biggie, I never see a performance bump, so I think it is both
pointless and dangerous to schedule them often, especially
unattended, but that's me, YMMV.

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HP, aka Jerry