How much does defragging help?

[Brutal Peanut]

I'm gonna be honest, I thought this would be a thread about taking grenades out of games.

Ditto.

 

[AusQB]

It helps some people to sleep at night.

 

[WittyInfidel]

Just remember that every defrag it will shorten your HD life.

Untrue. Defragging and Formatting shortening the HD lifespan was just an urban myth.

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=84

It has been completely debunked.