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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clintlgm" data-source="post: 402824" data-attributes="member: 32258">I think I would back up my data on the external hard drive to another hard drive. and use Diskpart to Clean, create a Logical partition convert to mbr and format NTFS. then move your data back on to it. Window should keep it defragged with out issues. In my experience Data Drives do not require much defragging unless your doing a lot of data transfers back and forth.I am Leary of aftermarket utilities and don't use any that have not proven themselves over the years. I used Diskeeper for several years and Norton Utilities. I paid for these for several years. I was happy with them. Then Windows 7 came along and I found that Window was using Diskeeper Lite for there native defragger! and Norton just became extinct also not needed in windows 7. The way I look at it is that why have these programs running or install on your computer and there (Potential Problems)  when the built in stuff works just fine</blockquote>