Hello There!

I read somewhere, that before defragging the Hard-drive, Antivirus or any Security program for that matter should be snoozed!?

How valid is this suggestion? How does the 'Real-time' monitoring of Security app. interfere with De fragmentation process?  "Real time" monitoring by antivirus programs involves scanning the hard drive, which means moving the read/write heads. Defragmenter programs work by reading data from one place on a hard drive and writing it to another place so therefore they are competing for control of the read/write heads which makes defragmentation takes longer.

Also, software wise, as long as the AV programs are open they have Change Notification handles open on the volume, which may give the defragmentor greater difficulty.While the above posts are correct, I have NEVER disabled anything before defragging and there is no real reason for you to do so either.Thanks for this clarification Guys!

I would now prefer to snooze my Avast before going for Defrag or Optimize of Hard-drive!

Afterall, my Sys. config. dates back to year 2002 & I would not like its further wear & TEAR, knowingly!

Thumbs up! Are the same facts also applicable for other Items running in the Taskbar like RAMBOOSTER or Launchy?

Should I 'Right Click' to exit these all till Defrag/Optimization completes? 

Also, what if I use a 'Stand-by' Anti-Malware utility to SCAN my PC occasionally(say Malwarebytes AntiMalware)? Should I SNOOZE my active & main ARMOR Security app.(Avast in my case) till the former finishes with its scan?

I believe that at this occasion both utilities will still vie for their share?

What's the advise? Un-install RamBooster...

That would be a GOOD start.