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  2. Defragmentation - Wikipedia

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    Examples of five states of fragmentation. An otherwise blank disk has five files, A through E, each using 10 blocks of space (for this section, a block is an allocation unit of the filesystem; the block size is set when the disk is formatted and can be any size supported by the filesystem). On a blank disk, all of these files would be allocated ...

  3. File system fragmentation - Wikipedia

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    [b] The file system could defragment the disk immediately after a deletion, but doing so would incur a severe performance penalty at unpredictable times. Now, a new file called F, which requires seven blocks of space, can be placed into the first seven blocks of the newly freed space formerly holding the file B, and the three blocks following ...

  4. Fragmentation (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computer storage, fragmentation is a phenomenon in which storage space, such as computer memory or a hard drive, is used inefficiently, reducing capacity or performance and often both. The exact consequences of fragmentation depend on the specific system of storage allocation in use and the particular form of fragmentation.

  5. Here’s what it means to optimize your computer - AOL

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    Here are a few ways to free up disk space on your hard drive. Uninstall any apps you don't use: If you're on a PC, look for a list of your apps in the Start menu. Then right click on the apps you ...

  6. Comparison of defragmentation software - Wikipedia

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    Drive Optimizer (formerly Disk Defragmenter) Microsoft: Bundled with Microsoft Windows: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ReFS Windows 2000 and later; Windows 95 and later Yes Yes Yes Yes, with Windows Task Scheduler: No No Same as Windows Diskeeper: Condusiv Technologies: Discontinued (formerly trialware: FAT16, FAT32, NTFS Windows XP and later Yes [5] Yes ...

  7. Microsoft Drive Optimizer - Wikipedia

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    Windows 7 reintroduces the analyze function and showing percent complete of the defragmentation, both of which were removed in Windows Vista. It can also defragment multiple volumes simultaneously. According to Scott Hanselman of Microsoft, Windows 7 [verification needed] and later do defragment a solid-state disk (SSD) but in a completely ...

  8. JkDefrag - Wikipedia

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    JkDefrag is a free open-source disk defragmenting utility computer program for Windows. It was developed by Jeroen Kessels (initials "JK", hence the name) beginning in 2004 [1] and was released under the GNU General Public License. Since version 4 of 2008, much changed from previous versions, JkDefrag was renamed MyDefrag by its developer ...

  9. Defraggler - Wikipedia

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    Defraggler is a freemium defragmentation utility developed by Piriform Software, which can defragment individual files or groups of files on computer memory systems. Defraggler runs on Microsoft Windows; it has support for all versions since Windows XP. It includes support for both IA-32 and x64 versions of these operating systems.