Safe to defrag with XP??

Yes ... it is safe.

Keeping the files contiguous on the hard drive actually saves wear and tear on the actuator arm, prolonging the life span of the device.

<A HREF="http://www.pcwebopaedia.com/DidYouKnow/Hardware_Software/2002/InsideHardDrive.asp" target="_new">What's Inside a Hard Drive?</A>

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<A HREF="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/optimize/w2kexec.asp" target="_new">Microsoft on: Maintaining Windows 2000 Peak Performance Through Defragmentation</A>

But ... there are definitely much better utilities available on the market for this purpose, with speed and capabilities that far exceed Window's built-in defragmentation program, such as ...

<A HREF="http://www.executivesoftware.com/coverpage.asp" target="_new">Diskeeper</A>

<A HREF="http://www.raxco.com/products/perfectdisk2k/" target="_new">PerfectDisk</A>

<A HREF="http://www.oo-software.com/en/products/oodefragv4/index.html" target="_new">O&O Defrag</A>

... to name three oft recommended products.

Toey

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Keeping the Win 98 OS "defragged" helps performance immensely but better use a utility; like those previously mentioned or Nortons speed disk. There are of course other tools too.

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