On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 21:53:51 +0100, "s|b" wrote:

On Sun, 19 Nov 2017 09:37:47 +0000, Scott wrote:

My external drive used for Acronis backups is taking about a day to
defragment using Norton.
1. Is there any point in defragmenting such a disk at all if it is
only a backup?

What's your external drive? For instance, I have a LaCie Rikiki which
doesn't have any moving parts. AFAIK there's no point in trying to
defragment it, just like you wouldn't defragment a USB flash drive.

WD My Book 4TB.