> Are you guys talking about defragging? Or Optimizing. There is a > difference. I *never* optimize my machines and rarely defrag them. There > is definitely a potential for catastrophe when you pick up and rearrange all > the data on a drive. And I bet that if you benchmark a drive and then > optimize it with Norton...then benchmark it again it will be the same. I > know it for a fact...since I have tried that test myself.
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