Hi Teri,
For most people - not very. Defrag can be run once/month or so. Chkdsk (the
NT version of scandisk) only needs to be run if you suspect a problem with
the hard drive.
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Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
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