Shaleen:
The reason for rebooting is to restore all of the services (the most
important being your virus scan and firewall) that were shut down by
enditall. Otherwise, you're going to have a sparse and very insecure
system.
Regards,
Carroll Grigsby


Shaleen wrote:
>
> Hello Carrol,
>
> In response to Alan's query about EnditAll, you wrote >>> when the scan is completed, do a reboot, and enjoy your
> well-organized disk <<<
>
> I would like to know if it is mandatory to reboot after completing a Defrag procedure ? Am I correct in assuming that you are implying a normal reboot (Start menu-Shutdown-Restart ) ?
>
> TIA
> Shaleen Kumar
>
> -------------- Original Message -----------
> Date:    Fri, 2 Nov 2001 22:25:32 -0500
> From:    Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator
>          <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: (Re: Defragmentation) Great freeware programautomatically closes
>          Task Manager items)
>
> Alan:
>
> I think you're missing the point: The whole idea of enditall is to
> insure that _nothing_ is written to the partition being defragmented;
> therefore, it is essential to shut down any other program that may
> access the drive. That's why many people recommend going to safe mode,
> as that avoids loading programs that might interrupt the procedure. ...................
>  Then, when the scan is completed, do a reboot, and enjoy your
> well-organized disk. ......................
>
> Regards,
> Carroll Grigsby
>
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