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   superstar Major-Superstar

   Hi everyone I recently purchased a 500GB Segate Free Agent Pro external USB hard drive. I'd like to know how I can defragment it for optimal performance being that it's an external USB drive and not internal.
   
   I opened up windows xp's defragment software in my accessories and my external drive did indeed show up in the list. But is it safe to use the windows xp tool? I don't want to damage it!
   
   - Thanks

    

   superstar, Mar 28, 2008

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   DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

   Hi
   
   I just defrag my externals as I do my internal drives, had no issues at all but I do use O&O Defrag over the inbuild Windows one, but the Windows defrag is pretty safe anyway. JUST dont unplug it until the defrag is finished as its reall easy to forget.

    

   DavidGP, Mar 28, 2008

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