Re: Uncorrectable data error...

Probably not. While there are a lot of urban legends about frequent defrags
causing problems, a defrag *can* generate a lot of hard drive activity. A
marginal drive could fail under the stress, I guess.............

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Regards,
Hank Arnold

"Dave P @ AeroLogic <dpinella@ cinci.rr.com >" <"NOSPAM> wrote in message
news:ntobf.188987$lI5.16771@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes. I have all important data backed up. I was just trying to determine
> if
> that was my only recourse. It is a coincidence that it died when doing a
> defrag?


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