Too Much Defrag?

[hey_suburbia]

So I ran:

Nortons Speed Disk
XP's built in defragmenter
and Perfect Disk

Does running all three one after the other do anything?

Does it help it?
Do nothing?
Or just undo what the previous defrager did?

just wondering....

[balamm]

does it still boot? I'd be a bit surprised.

[3rd gen noob]

it's best to only run one defragger
each of those mentioned uses a different method to defragging files, placing files different files at different points

it's probably best advice only to run one defragger, the one you think is best.
i'd say speed disk or perfect disk

[jagger]

Don't run defragmenting software, whether its Norton's speeddisk, windows own utility or any other defragger while Goback is enabled.

(I posted this in Tips but it never got placed)

Goback 3 will cause constant reboots when running a defragger/optomizer if GoBack is enabled. Especially if Norton System Works, (which by the way includes GoBack and Speeddisk) is running in the tray monitoring your system.

Step 1: CREATE A RESTORE POINT for Windows Xp or in ME
Step 2: Disable Norton's startup monitoring options
Step 3: disable Goback
Step 4: disable internet connection temporarily as a precaution
Step 5: run a virus checker such as NAV on the hard disk/partition that your shared folder is on.
Step 6: Now you can run the utility without conflicts

After finishing defragging, you can run the monitoring if you want but I don't recommend it if GoBack is re-enabled. Above all, create restore points, disable Goback, and make sure filesharing has stopped before defragging.

Before taking these steps my P4, 2Ghz, 1gig mem w 2 harddrives would constantly reboot caused by GoBack. Now the problem no longer exists.