Avast and Defrag

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When I defrag on my computer running Norton AV, I disable it before
running defrag. Is it necessary to do the same with Avast on another
computer I have, and if so, do I disable all of the "providers", or just
the email one?

Thanks

Henry
 
When I defrag on my computer running Norton AV, I disable it before
running defrag. Is it necessary to do the same with Avast on another
computer I have, and if so, do I disable all of the "providers", or just
the email one?
Thanks
Henry

It should not be necessary to stop providers to run defrag.
I use avast on 98 and XP with no problems running defrag while providers
are active.
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When I defrag on my computer running Norton AV, I disable it before
running defrag. Is it necessary to do the same with Avast on another
computer I have, and if so, do I disable all of the "providers", or just
the email one?

Before starting defragmentation, it's recommended to stop all on-access AV
processes as well as any process that is disk-write intensive, such as file
indexers, (ICQ, MSN messenger, etc., e-mail auto-download, etc. Disconnecting
from the web before defragmenting is advised.

Disk writes in the process of defragmenting risk crashing the latter, which
poses a risk of corrupting the file system. For minimal risk, run
defragmentation from safe mode.

Regards, Zvi
 
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