Jeff Richards wrote:
"Jim" wrote in message
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Hi Glen,
I know you are long since past this post, but I was curious about why
this
is so concerning the rearranging of the frequently used programs. Also,
is
this why ZA firewall and other running programs often must be dropped in
order to defrag the HDD?
Does this speed up the defrag process without loss of purpose?
Does this apply to the win98se defrag program?

I don't think this has anything to do with the need to stop other programs
running while you defrag - files that are in use will not be moved.

Somewhat relatedly I have noticed that when I run Defrag it sometimes gets
interrupted and has to restart again (even w/o me doing anything). Perhaps
ZA firewall interrupts it more than others.

I don't think it takes much to interrupt Defrag, however, as I don't have
ZA, and more often than not, when I use Defrag (even using WinME defrag), it
goes for so long, and then restarts.

Evidently if something is in any way accessing the disk during the time its
defragging, it may need to restart.