Dave Schroeder wrote:
>
> I've heard that the ScanDisk is supposed to run before you Defrag? I
> usually run Scan Disk on all three of my drives and then Defrag all
> three after that. Is there any special order they should be run or even
> if it makes a difference which one runs before the other?
> Thanks,
> Dave Schroeder
Some Defrag programs /SpeedDisk from NU8.0/ won't run if the disk
has any errors in logical structure (lost sectors, bad file records,
etc.), which ScanDisk removes; but not all DeFrags are that smart.
It's VITAL that you run Scandisk prior to defragmentation. If you
don't defrag often, and have valuable data,
backup may be a good idea as well.
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