Hi, My theory is that the defrag went wrong when it was done and the disk is fine, but the NTFS tables are damaged. However, if the machine is under warranty and they are coming out they will probably just replace the disk as it would take time to investigate the full state of the physical drive. Defragging will put a bit of load on a disk, but won't cause it to go wrong unless it is aborted halfway through, especially if the program is forcibly closed or the system powers off whilst it is moving data and the indexes don't match. Thanks. Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of christopher huby Sent: Thu 23/03/2006 08:37 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Fw: The hard disk failure Hi George, isn't defragging recommended for all disk drives any way. If you could help me it would be most grateful also. P.s. my disk drive is fine, but with seeing all the posts I am just making sure that by defragging I am not putting my disk drive at risk. Regards Christopher Huby SKYPE USER NAME: christopherhuby1 MSN E-MAIL ADDRESS: christopher.huby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx E-MAIL ADDRESS 1: christopher.huby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx E-MAIL ADDRESS 2: c.m.huby@xxxxxxxxxx TELEPHONE NUMBER: 07967603395 -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 23 March 2006 07:47 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Fw: The hard disk failure Disk drives sometimes carry a separate manufacturer's warranty, often as much as 5 years.=20 Defragging does exercise the disk drive, but should not cause premature failure. George. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dorothy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 22 March 2006 23:34 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Fw: The hard disk failure The hard disk failure will cause the loss of all files, including the registry, all mail and documentsI asked Tony Berry to type a note in My Documents word explaining why nothing is saved. However George maybe has the time can you explain the following. I did do a Defrag the evening before before, I did make sure it had finished, I did reboot. However Tony Berry said this procedure of Defragging is very high risk,now I am sure others do a Defrag on a regular basis and would not dream it was so risky,can you explain why it is so risky if not George then another part. I shall not feel confident now to do it ever again. as it may have contributed to the disc becoming NApoo, and if the last word is not in the dictionary I do not want to know that=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: dorothy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 To: user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Cc: the gamages=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:53 PM Subject: The hard disk failure The hard disk failure will cause the loss of all files, including the regi stry, all mail and documents. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to=20 ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq