Procedural Question about Disk Defragmentation.

[Guest]

Hello. Several weeks ago, the Microsoft Automatic Updates program downloaded
the new SP2 program/upgrade to my computer. Since then, I've been
researching SP2 prior to actually installing it on my computer.
However, today I ran the Disk Defragmenter program to analyze whether my
computer should be defragmented. It reported that I should, in fact,
defragment the current volume on my C-drive.
My question: If I defragment the current volume now, will it negatively
affect the yet-to-be installed SP2 program on my computer in any way? Will
it upset my computer in any other way? (Yes, my computer is behaving a
little slower lately and the "view" of the disk defragmenter showed that I do
need to defragment). Any and all advice regarding what I should safely do
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Guest]

Defragmenting your drive will have no ill effect on SP2. If anything,
defragmenting your drive prior to installing SP2 would be helpful.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I ran the Disk Defragmenter program to analyze whether my
computer should be defragmented. It reported that I should, in fact,
defragment the current volume on my C-drive.
My question: If I defragment the current volume now, will it negatively
affect the yet-to-be installed SP2 program on my computer in any way?

No. But installing SP2 is liable to generate fragmentation itself; I
would do it afterwards. But make sure all is cleaned up first; see
advice on Installing SP2:
http://forum.aumha.org/viewforum.php?f=45