OK, folks; enough is enough. . . at least for me. For what it's worth, I've put a filter in for <lists3-200402 at verizon.net.> Too bad; this guy is probably very knowledgeable. But obvious bad manners and flagellating dead horses wear thin after a while. Especially when they are combined. > "little to no benefit" means exactly that. any perceived benefit from > defragging will not last...no matter what the third party vendor > marketing departments would like you to believe. > > if fragmentation is a problem, get a scratch disk or a bigger drive. > less focus on marketing hype...more focus on common sense. > > don