craigathus Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Just wondering if I should De-frag my external hard drive before doing a back-up? I only use it for back-up once a month. Craig:) http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhawk Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 The point of defragging is to speed up file access however since your hard drive is external the data transfer via USB / Firewire would be slower than a slow down caused by fragmented files. Defrag if you must but the reality is you won't see any speed improvement just additional wear and tear to your hard drive for the sake for making files contiguous. Richard S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigathus Posted September 20, 2011 Author Share Posted September 20, 2011 Hi Richard I'm not looking for extra speed etc... I only use this external drive for back-ups, so I won't bother defragging:) http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner/builds http://www.piriform.com/docs http://www.postimage.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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