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A disk or reorganizing it so the files are stored in contiguous sectors speeds up disk access and thus the performance of the entire computer?
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What is a contiguous file in a computer?
A contiguous file in a computer is one that is placed on a storage drive in such a way that it is in sequential portions of the drive. This is generally regarded as advantageous because it results in better performance by decreasing the amount of time it takes the computer to read the data (compared to when a single file is spread over a larger portion of the drive and not located in contiguous sectors). The performance gains experienced from contiguous files is the best reason to defragment a drive.
A utility that reorganizes the files on a computer's hard disk so they are stored in contiguous sectors is called?
Disk Defragmentation
What is Difference between contiguous set of files and a noncontiguous set of files?
Contiguous: Immediately adjacent. For example, contiguous sectors on a disk are sectors that come one after the other. Frequently, a file stored on disk can become fragmented, which means that it is stored on non-contiguous sectors. taken from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/contiguous.HTML So one could assume that the difference is that contiguous files are files that are stored immediately adjacent from one another (together) and non-contiguous files are not stored adjacently hence are separated or scattered. Hope this was of some help.
When disk defragmenter is completed why does it use or takes storage space on that disk?
Defragmentation is the process of rewriting non-contiguous parts of a file to contiguous sectors on a disk for the purpose of increasing data access and retrieval speeds. Because FAT and NTFS disks can deteriorate and become badly fragmented over time, defragmentation is vital for optimal system performance.
What is a specific location on the computer indicating preciesely where a file can be found?
There are two parts to this. One, the information in the File Allocation Table, as the file might be spread over different sectors, not all contiguous if your filesystem is fragmented. Two, this would be the specific sectors at which the data resides that make up the contents of the file. Cheers, Chay
Where the server computer being used?
banking sectors
What is the effect of the rebasing of the national accounts estimates from the year 1993 to 2006 on the relative performance of the key sectors of the ghanaian economy?
examine critically the effect of the rebasing of the national accounts estimates from the year 1993 to 2006 on the relative performance of the key sectors of the ghanaian economy
What are interleaving?
To arrange data in a noncontiguous way to increase performance. When used to describe disk drives, it refers to the way sectors on a disk are organized. In one-to-one interleaving, the sectors are placed sequentially around each track. In two-to-one interleaving, sectors are staggered so that consecutively numbered sectors are separated by an intervening sector.
What has the author Milan Kocourek written?
Milan Kocourek has written: 'Soviet technological performance and policy in high priority sectors'
Does a SMART long self-test slow down the computer?
SMART long self test will find all the bad sectors of the computer and prevents the computer from being slow
What is the disadvantage of disk fragmentation?
A disk becomes fragmented from the moment any one file is no longer contiguous. This can happen whenever a file grows in size, but there is no space to grow into. Thus the end up being split into two parts. The disadvantage is that you cannot simply read consecutive sectors to read a file, the read head must physically move to each part of the file, which reduces performance.
What is the word for dividing the hard disk of a computer into tracks and sectors?
That would be called low-level formatting.
