It is difficult to imagine contemporary life without computers. Their creation has simplified the life of people – a lot of mechanical work is accomplished by the machines. What's more, practically everyone in developed countries possesses a PC. We use PCs for business and for amusement, to get to know what is going on in the world and to communicate with people. Ways to use computers are diverse. When you acquire a PC it becomes your assistant in practically everything you do.
Computer industry is developing quickly. Modern technologies are invented every day. You needn't be a professional in computer sphere to enjoy all the advantages of technical advance. But still, permanent PC users need to have a notion how it works to ensure maximum performance of their computers.
When it comes to storing files on your PC you have probably heard the term fragmentation. In case there isn't enough free space to keep the file as a once whole unit, the system fills up the gaps between other files with the parts of the file being written to the PC. The appearance of these gaps takes place when the operating system marks some files as deleted or when there is excess space for the files located at the beginning. Fragmentation brings to significant loss in performance because the movement of the HD's read/write heads is slower. That is the reason why regular defragmentation is strongly advised.
Defragmentation constitutes a procedure of reducing the amount of fragmentation in file systems. Such a result is achieved by organizing the contents of the hard disk to store the pieces of every file close together. Defragmentation also includes the procedure of compaction with the aim to create larger regions of free space.
There are special defragmentation utilities designated to improve the performance of your computer. The process of defragmentation can take half an hour or a few hours depending on the speed of your hard drive disk and the amount of data stored on it. Take into consideration that this procedure can't be interrupted to ensure that all the data are saved. Regular defragmentation ensures high performance of your PC.
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