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Defragmentation utility is one of Windows utilities designed just for that.
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A utility that reorganizes the files on a computer's hard disk so they are stored in contiguous sectors is called?
Disk Defragmentation
Does disk caching improve hard- disk performance by compressing files?
No. Disk caching improves hard-disk performance by anticipating data needs.
Is a utility that reorganizes the files and unused space on an computer's hard disk so that the operating system accesess data more quickly and programs run faster?
defragger
A user has observed that the performance of the hard disk has degraded over time What is the first thing a user should do to improve performance?
Do the Defregment disk
What reorganizes the data on a magnetic hard drive that you can access files more quickly?
An application called a disk defragmenter is the tool used to achieve this. However one could also specifically match the disk segment layout with the disk rotation speed as one sets up the disk or even build a RAID array to increase access speed.
Could downloading and installing and undoing it harmful?
it ill decrease your hard disk performance
What is the name of the utililty that arranges data on your hard drive for better performance?
A disk defragmenter.
Suppose a user is experiencing hard disk performance issues but no operating system errors What are possible causes of this problem?
Disk compression on commonly-accessed files Files on the hard disk are too fragmented The computer has a virus
What is A strategy for speeding up hard drive performance?
There are a couple options, getting a faster hard drive, (lower seek time, higher disk speed...), make sure the disk has been "defragmented" recently, and if you really need to get some performance, try disk "striping". That should get you some speed when dealing with larger files.
Is there a performance difference if xp is installed on a pata hard disk rather than a sata?
Sata drives are usually faster.
Is a hard disk a hardware or a software?
A computer hard disk or hard drive (fixed disk) is hardware.
What is disk defragment?
Disk defrag rearranges files on your hard drive. Its supposed to help speed up the systems speed for accessing files but with hard drive speeds these days disk defrags dont increase performance by a noticable amount
