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Completely different.
Defrag simply moves data around the disk into a more logical order.
Chkdsk does a physical check of the disk and file structure before the OS fully loads. There can't be anything else accessing the disk while chkdsk is running which is why you have to reboot if you want to check the system drive.
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Defrag simply moves data around the disk into a more logical order.
Chkdsk does a physical check of the disk and file structure before the OS fully loads. There can't be anything else accessing the disk while chkdsk is running which is why you have to reboot if you want to check the system drive.
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