interrupted defrag = corruption?

**lee551** · 01-03-2005, 01:40 AM

if i interrupt a defragging process, could it cause corruption of the files on the drive it is working on? i was thinking its possible, because it is moving parts of files around right?

**peat moss** · 01-03-2005, 01:44 AM

I do it all time ,with the set and forget it feature of Diskeeper Pro. Screen saver mode. Never noticed a problem.

**Virtualbody1234** · 01-03-2005, 01:48 AM

If you have a power outage while defragging then there's a good chance of data loss.

**tesco** · 01-03-2005, 01:48 AM

once in a while I stop the defragmenting...no problems.
unless you mean shutting the computer off (unplugging) while defragmenting...that's probably gonna give u corruption...

**SciManAl** · 01-03-2005, 01:50 AM

clear

**lee551** · 01-03-2005, 01:59 AM

i have a defregger running right now. its sposed to be able to pause itself, but its not responding. i want it to stop, so i thought about just killing it from the task manager, then i thought twice. i want to stop it cuz its eating all my resources and i have no clue of telling when its gunna finish, cuz its not responding.