Frequent defragmentation

Hi. My hard drive requires frequent defragmentation. I
have Norton Utilities set up to alarm when fragmentation
goes below 95% unfragmented. This happens every couple of
days. When I do defrag either thru Windows defrag or
Norton speed disk, the fragmentation goes back to 100%
unfragmented, only to go to 95% in a couple of days. Have
never had this before on other computers. When I looked
at a report, it seems that system files are the most
fragmented.
Also, I spoke to my Computer mfg [WinBook] who did not
feel it was a sign of drive failure [plus I run Smart
Drive] which is a Norton product that supposedly monitors
the hard drive for failure.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Bruce Dobozin wrote:
Hi. My hard drive requires frequent defragmentation. I
have Norton Utilities set up to alarm when fragmentation
goes below 95% unfragmented. This happens every couple of
days. When I do defrag either thru Windows defrag or
Norton speed disk, the fragmentation goes back to 100%
unfragmented, only to go to 95% in a couple of days. Have
never had this before on other computers. When I looked
at a report, it seems that system files are the most
fragmented.
Also, I spoke to my Computer mfg [WinBook] who did not
feel it was a sign of drive failure [plus I run Smart
Drive] which is a Norton product that supposedly monitors
the hard drive for failure.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Norton Utilities is probably reporting Temp Internet files and perhaps the
paging file as being fragmented. While this is true, it's probably not
necessary to defrag every few days. Most everything NU does can be
accomplished with the native chkdsk, defrag, and a few shareware or freeware
products.
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