## Core Claim In the early 90s, before the internet, people practiced "Defrag and Chill" — starting Disk Defragmenter on a 540MB drive, dimming the lights, cracking open a Surge, and watching the blue bars crawl across the screen for 45 minutes. ## Key Details - Typical hard drive size: 540MB. - Ritual: Dim lights, Surge soda, vibe to the defrag process. - Duration: ~45 minutes per run. - Cultural touchstone of pre-internet PC life. ## Context Dave Plummer (ex-Microsoft, Windows NT team) shares a nostalgic anecdote about the ritual of running disk defragmenter as entertainment in the early 90s. ## Engagement - Classic Dave Plummer Windows history storytelling style - Strong nostalgic engagement from tech audience --- *Source: [[History]] — Dave W Plummer (@davepl1968), 2026-05-16 — https://x.com/davepl1968/status/2055499354786709741*