Yes, that is the way you would access defrag and Windows XP. In Vista, you can access it the same way but it goes automatically on a schedule. I also run disk cleanup before a defrag anything.

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On Feb 16, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Albert Ruel <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi all.  In XP don't we find the Defrag icon by accessing the Start
> Menu, Programs, Accessories, then System Tools?  I just tried to add a
> Shortcut to that icon and it didn't seem to work.  BTW, Disc Clean up
> is in the same place, and I usually do that before Defragging.
> 
> Thx, Albert
> 
> 
> On 2/16/13, Claude Everett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> I am running XP with service pac 3, where is the Defrag function?  Also, is
>> there a way I can set up a Icon on my desktop to get me to that function
>> faster?
>> 
>> Claude Everett
>> "First of all:  what is work?
>> Work is of two kinds:
>>  first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth's surface
>> relatively to other such matter;
>> second, telling other people to do so.
>>  The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and
>> highly paid."
>> From The collection of essays "In Praise of Idleness" by Bertrand Russell
>> 
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