Should i be defragging in Vista?

[n7]

I assume it's still a good thing overall, but i thought i remember seeing some comments here stating it's not really necessary for Vista?

Suggestions welcome.

 

[stash]

No.

It's done automatically via a scheduled task. Read all about Vista defragging here: http://blogs.technet.com/filec...ta-defrag-is-cool.aspx and here: http://blogs.technet.com/filecab/articles/440717.aspx

 

[Nothinman]

I assume it's still a good thing overall, but i thought i remember seeing some comments here stating it's not really necessary for Vista?

Well it's a questionable thing overall but you don't have any real control over it in Vista anyway so just forget about it and let Vista do it's thing.

 

[n7]

Are the automatically scheduled defrags doing all my HDDs though?

I would figure it's just doing the OS drive/partition?

 

[Nothinman]

I would assume so, it's no more difficult to get a list of all drives than it is the OS drive.

 

[nerp]

It does all drives as needed. Most people only really should defrag once or twice a year. Defrag is given more importance than it should by lots of people.

 

[n7]

Well thanx for the input guys.

I'll leave things as they are then.