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What is disk fragmantation?

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As your computer disk is used for holding information, individual pieces of files are spread across the disk, leaving unused segments. Sometimes, when the operating system attempts to write new data, there is insufficient space in the segment that was selected and part of the file is written to another segment. Whent that happens, the file is said to be "fragmented". When you defragment your disk, the defragmentation software moves the file data around so that data is "contiguous", meaning that the disk head typically doesn't have to move much to read the entire file. That way, the file is loaded faster and disk space is not wasted. Answer De-fragmentation is Microsoft tool that help to mange your systems all kind of file. just like a library. it make better system performance too.
The definition would be "to take what is fragmented and put it in contiguous order".

The practice doesn't really put all the files together in one place. It places files in optimized places on the drive so that read access will be faster.

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we store any data in memory it will not store side by side .it leaves some space for next one due to this we can't use the total memory. so0 by defragmentation, it will moves the data side by side. eg: if u have a 60gb drive if u fill it upto a 50gb if u want oto enter a new data it gives a message that the drive is filled but it is not filled. if we defragment the drive then we can store the data.

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A Disk De-fragmentation is where your computer cleans up your hard drive, it deletes temporary files, it also finds different pieces of files and puts them together and organizes them. The purpose of a De-fragmentation is to make your computer faster.

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Parts that have been broken off or become detached, something that has disintegrated. In computers, a file split into smaller parts and stored in non contiguous sectors on a disc, thus fragmentation of the file

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Defragmentation is a process that reduces the amount of fragmentation in file systems.

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