Is it possible to defrag when creating new files?

Hi there folks, just wanted to ask a possibly silly but important (to me anyway) question about using an auto-defrag program (Windows 7 or other)? Can you really run a defrag program running in the background when you are creating files all the time?? It seems to me that it's defeating the whole object about defragging at all!! I may be risking the wrath of many an expert but please feel free to comment as I cannot see the point in it at all.....cheers friends

I think you can, but the real question would be why take the chance to screw things up . Wait until evening when the computer is not working to defrag.
I think the chances are a million to one that you made screw things up during the defrag but I think MS defrag is smarter than that. Wait to do it.

My 2 cents.

Kenrolli said:

Cheers Iggy and thanks for your 2 cents, although what I should have said was I know that Windows defrag is usually set to run in the background by default, although I and a million others will have disabled that but those that haven't will be running it in the background whilst creating files merrily all day without another thought for it, so do you think that it's a complete waste of time to have it running and will it cause any problems? As you said I do only ever run it when I am not using this thing but a lot of people will not!!

P.S. Can you keep adding your 2 cents until I get a few dollars worth?? We brits need the cash you know, cheers!!!

My 2 cents keep adding up for my holiday in June.
I will drop a few in London to help out.

There is absolutly not a single reason in the world to disable the background defragging in Win 7. No, it will not cause any problems for the background Defrag to be running while you are working in Windows,, it is specifically designed to do so.

Maybe this will help with understanding it better.....
Engineering Windows 7 : Disk Defragmentation ? Background and Engineering the Windows 7 Improvements

steve-pressman said:

I guess when running the defrag and adding files it will probably take a lot long to defrag though, I use this free little program and have it set to run when I am sleeping :) I find it does a better job than the built in defrag program :)

Disk Defrag - Reclaim the Speed Of Your Disks

Steve

Steve please don't jump on my for this question.
Why and how do you determine that this FREE software does a better defrag job?
I know what a defraggers purpose is but how can you tell that one is better than another?

Thanks