At 04:24 AM 02/01/2000 , Paul Tiwana wrote: >Hi Friends, >is it safe to apply Defrag or scandisk after booting up in MS DOS. ? >if the filenames are longer than 8 digits, is it safe to do so. > How best one can apply defrag ? This question is not complete. Use Defrag.exe in Windows95 or 98 while booted to DOS? Yes... it is suppose to be safe, as it is the same application whether it runs in Dos or Windows. It is best to defrag while in Windows, as there should be no performance hit even though Windows is open. You can set this to run when the system is idle or late at night if you wish. Use Task Manager to arrange for the time to run defrag.exe that is convenient to you, just remember to leave the PC running... *grin* Bob Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html