Why You Need to Run a Defragmentation Process on Your Computer

A file system is an effective method for an operating system to use files kept onto a database at any time in operation and be able to store, organize, retrieve or manipulate data. These files are kept on clusters, small amount of room on a hard disk, about 4 kilobits and given specific tags or meta data for informing an operating system, what kind of data that file is. These files may be kept in a hierarchical or flat, or with structured file syntax. This is dependent on the type of file system

An issue develops over time with general computer use as well as normal function of an operating system, as files are moved or deleted, the system may leave small amount of space, in between other spaces filled with data. So the issue becomes a longer time for the computer to access files, more movement of the read and write heads of the hard drive creating more wear and tear. A file system will also move small bits of these files into those small spaces. This happens often if you are also creating lots of data as well as moving or deleting data.

Most file system and their respective operating systems have an inbuilt process a user may operate to defrag those files. For what is known as running a defrag process, is asking the file system to reallocate files, lined up next to each other, usually into their respective file types and move empty spaced clusters to the end. Running this process may take from several minutes up to several hours depend on the amount of fragmentation. One this process has completed, users will notice a more responsive and quicker operation of their computer.

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