I'm sure it does, it helps the flight simulator codes or something like that, just makes everything run smoother since all the stuff on the hard drive would be in a descent order, and the computer would be able to read it off the hard drive faster or something like that.

Greg

Definitely agree - although I am not good at remembering to do it. WinXP tells you if you need to do it, which doesn't encourage you to remember, but with today's 100gB hard drives it's worth doing. I edit video a lot, so the drive certainly gets 'fragged'. Even with the 100gB drive, it only takes less than 2 hours. All I need to achieve now is being able to get the kids off the Instant Messenger long enough to be able to do it!

Isn't is terrible when you want to fly, and the kids are doing what they could be doing on the phone...?

Another bit of info that helps with any program you install, especially games.

Do a Scan Disk and then Defrag BEFORE installing any program. Put all your files in order before you install a new game and you eleminate many a problems.

Got any slow running/choppy games where you see the hard drive light flickering? Uninstall the game and perform the actions as noted above. Really straightened out a coupel of mine. 

What a defrag does, basiclly, is arrange related files in the same areas on your hard disc to reduce the time it takes to access those files, so it doesn't have to work too hard to find them.

Kind of like on a insturment panel. All of the AP controls are in one place, the Throttle Quadrant is in one place, and the light switches, and soforth, for easy access to that system.