more often than I do that's for sure. I would gues about once a month should be fine. I don't think the order is absolutely crucial but I would guess it makes more sense to do a scan disk before a defrag, though if you get a serious number of errors it may be better to forget the defrag altogether and just prepare to get a new hard disk. Cheers Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Waring" <donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: [access-uk] Scan Disc and Defragmenting Please can anybody tell me, do you do a scan disk and then defragment, or the other way round, or does it not matter in what order you do it? Also, how often should you do this if you're a regular downloader of stuff from the net? Donna ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-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:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq __________ NOD32 1.1678 (20060725) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-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:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq