IDefrag froze and had to force quit... possible lost data/damage?

Complete defragmentation failed to complete, it just froze... Now I'm worried something from my tons of stuff is missing or not working, and I'll notice later on or never...
I did an external backup right before, so I'm thinking about just 'taking it all in again' as it was before the failed defrag to be safe... then try defrag again??

In the documentation for IDefrag it states that your first step should be a backup, for exactly the reason that you have run into.
Once I read that I decided to not buy it and use the restoration of a clone if I think I need to defragment as NoonDayWitch has suggested. I find it safer and cheaper.
Allan

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