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Originally posted by grumpy
Why would you defrag? Tests have proven that the speed you gain is less then 2% So its a lot of work for unnoticeble increase of speed. Better tune your windows. 
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That may be true, but increased speed is only one factor. Unfragmented files mean less head seeks, and the less the heads are jumping around the less likely yhey are to miss and cause errors . . . I guess it is kinda like the gamma rays and non-ECC and ECC memory, but small differences can add up