What is Disk Fragmentation’s purpose?

Asked By Danielle J Grenz 25 points N/A Posted on - 03/03/2015

Hello! I was advised by someone to perform disk fragmentation on my computer because it might improve my computer's overall speed and performance. Is this true? What exactly does disk fragmentation do? Does it delete files too? What kind of operation are performed in disk fragmentation? These operations are applied on the files on the disk, right?

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Answered By George Hathman 0 points N/A #183844

What is Disk Fragmentation’s purpose?

Fragmentation occurs whereby files on the disk becomes scattered on the disk. This increases the time taken to access the files hence making the computer slow on performance. To solve this, disk defragmentation is carried out in a bid to rearrange data on your hard disk and re unite fragmented files to reduce access time and the computer will run more efficiently.

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Answered By Annthony Sety 10 points N/A #183845

What is Disk Fragmentation’s purpose?

Disk defragmentation is a process of rearranging the data and reuniting the fragmented data on your storage device, so that it works efficiently.

Fragmentation occurs when you save, delete or change the files.

Usually the modified files are stored at some other location in your volume. These changes are not applied to a file where it is placed. This reduces the speed and performance of your computer. A tool called Disk Defragmenter consolidates the file data on a volume and makes it work efficiently.

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