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2. 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.

3. 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 ...

4. File system fragmentation - Wikipedia

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   Thus, fragmentation is an important problem in file system research and design. The containment of fragmentation not only depends on the on-disk format of the file system, but also heavily on its implementation. [9] File system fragmentation has less performance impact upon solid-state drives, as there is no mechanical seek time involved. [10]

5. Why is my computer so slow? - AOL

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   Running multiple resource-intensive applications simultaneously can slow down your computer. Disk fragmentation: Over time, files on your hard drive may become fragmented, meaning they're stored ...

6. Microsoft Drive Optimizer - Wikipedia

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   Microsoft Drive Optimizer (formerly Disk Defragmenter) is a utility in Microsoft Windows designed to increase data access speed by rearranging files stored on a disk to occupy contiguous storage locations, a technique called defragmentation.

7. 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 ...