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What is the difference between volume fragmentation and data fragmentation in relation to disk drives?
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Volume fragmentation is where the partition volume is physically split across the drive into variable pieces. This is common on HFS and some other filesystems that do not need to be sequential or single-piece, and virtual filesystems.
Data fragmentation is when a file or data portion is physically split across a volume, rather than being in a single sequential piece. This is also called 'fragmentation' and can usually be remedied with a 'defragmenter'. It is usually an undesireable state, as it requires longer to load a fragmented file.
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