So questions are:

1. How often do you defrag your hard disk?

2. Which program do you use to perform this task?

3. Do you think that is important to keep your hard disk in top shape, or you just leave it to make its hard way of fiding yours fragmented files ?

I do it every day or every time I stop using computer, meaning in shuting down the computer, so reguraly defragment takes only few minutes.

I use Diskkeeper.

I think its very bad for harddrive if it has to find those fragmented files, not to mention slowdown access time and even to much work for it, resulting in faster occuring errors on harddrive.

1. At least once a month.

2. The default Windows disk defrag.

3. I could care less. As long as everything I use works correctly, I'm okay.

Yeah....To get to windows defrag go to start,programs,accessories,system tools, Disk de frag.......That is how you access windows defrag

1. at least every other week, or if I feel like, but some partitions can't be defragged because there's less that 20% free
2. the default windows defrag
3. defragged drives have a higher data integrity; file access is a little bit faster (but you have to assess: Defragging time <-> speed gain in file access)

1. Never, there is no need to defrag my main-os

2. In windows (2th os) I only analyse never had more as 3% frag

3. If you keep install-uninstall in windows low your system will be oke.

1. i check weekly or when i feel there is some slow down
in running programs or done several install/uninstalls.

2. i use norton speed disk to defrag and clean unused space.

3. if you dont defrag, your hard disk heads have to seek more
and over time will wear off moving parts and may break down even though
it may not show much difference in performance in the short term.

just my 2/100

1- rarely
2- VoptXP
3- Leaving your H.D.D is better I think specially partitions with larger clusters.

1. About every month
2. Disk keeper
3. I found that a nonfragmented HD tends to boot faster every time, so i guess its good idea to speend an hour defragmenting it every now an then.

1. everytime my PC seems to be slowing down.
2. disk defragmenter +norton speed disk
3. its not critical,but quite important, though.